| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox ICRS | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| HD 106515 A | |
| Right ascension | 12h 15m 06.5667s |
| Declination | −07° 15′ 26.353″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +7.99 |
| HD 106515 B | |
| Right ascension | 12h 15m 06.1003s |
| Declination | −07° 15′ 26.587″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +8.25 |
| Characteristics | |
| HD 106515 A | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence |
| Spectral type | K0 V |
| HD 106515 B | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence |
| Spectral type | K1 V |
| Astrometry | |
| HD 106515 A | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 20.66±0.11 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −251.469 mas/yr Dec.: −51.330 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 29.3148±0.0297 mas |
| Distance | 111.3 ± 0.1 ly (34.11 ± 0.03 pc) |
| HD 106515 B | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 19.94±0.11 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −244.603 mas/yr Dec.: −67.744 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 29.3908±0.0294 mas |
| Distance | 111.0 ± 0.1 ly (34.02 ± 0.03 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 4.62 |
| Orbit | |
| Primary | HD 106515 A |
| Secondary | HD 106515 B |
| Period (P) | 4802.1+2397 −1141 yr |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 9.822+2.688 −1.329" (345+95 −47 AU) |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.420+0.106 −0.104 |
| Inclination (i) | 164.45+3.5 −11.3° |
| Longitude of the node (Ω) | 92.06+45.08 −2.67° |
| Periastron epoch (T) | 2376.4+44.4 −78.9 |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 250.50+38.22 −14.07° |
| Details | |
| HD 106515 A | |
| Mass | 0.888±0.018 M☉ |
| Radius | 0.910±0.009 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.68±0.05 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.39±0.18 cgs |
| Temperature | 5364±57 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.016±0.009 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.7 km/s |
| Age | 9.233±2.133 Gyr |
| HD 106515 B | |
| Mass | 0.861±0.015 M☉ |
| Radius | 0.865±0.015 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.55±0.05 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.30±0.20 cgs |
| Temperature | 5190±58 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.022±0.010 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.8 km/s |
| Age | 9.155±2.199 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| BD−06°3532, HIP 59743, ADS 8477 AB, WDS J12151-0715AB | |
| HD 106515 A: SAO 138673, LTT 4599, 2MASS J12150658-0715263, Gaia DR2 3584074380866605440 | |
| HD 106515 B: SAO 138674, LTT 4598, 2MASS J12150611-0715265, Gaia DR2 3584074376569429248 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Exoplanet Archive | data |
HD 106515 is a binary star (and currently visual triple system) in the constellation of Virgo.
The A and B stars are both K-type main-sequence stars, both somewhat smaller and cooler than the Sun. The two are gravitationally bound and separated at 310 AU. The binary semimajor axis is 390 AU.
The third star in the visual triple, BD−06°3533, is a physically unrelated background star.
HD 106515 AB is a wide binary system which was first observed by Jérôme de Lalande in 1795.
The discovery of HD 106515 Ab was announced in a preprint submitted on September 12, 2011. The discovery was made using radial velocity measurements obtained at the CORALIE spectrograph located at La Silla Observatory. Confirmation of the discovery was made by a separate team using the Galileo National Telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. Initially announced as an exoplanet, astrometric observations in 2021 have found that the true mass is significantly higher than its minimum mass predicted from radial velocity, so it is likely a brown dwarf. A 2022 study found a true mass closer to the minimum mass, but the parameters are less well constrained.
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (years) |
Eccentricity | Inclination (°) |
Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 18.9+1.5 −1.4 MJ |
4.48±0.050 | 9.927+0.030 −0.032 |
0.571±0.012 | 29.2+2.4 −2.2 |
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