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HD 66141

50 G. Canis Minoris
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Canis Minor
Right ascension 08h 02m 15.94s
Declination +2° 20′ 4.45″
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.39
Characteristics
Spectral type K2III
Astrometry
Parallax (π) 12.84 mas ± 0.25 mas mas
Distance 254 ± 6.5 ly
(77.9 ± 2 pc)
Details
Mass 1.1 ± 0.1 M
Radius 21.4 ± 0.6 R
Luminosity 174 L
Surface gravity (log g) 1.3 ± 0.5, 1.78 ± 0.04 cgs
Temperature 4305 ± 15 K
Metallicity -0.32 ± 0.034
Rotation 1.5
Age 6.84 ± 1.39 × 109 years
Other designations
HR 3145, HD 66141, BD+02°1854, FK5 2623, HIP 39311, SAO 116260, GC 10891, CCDM 08022+0221, 13 Puppis (obsolete)
Database references
SIMBAD data
Exoplanet Archive data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
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HD 66141, also known as HR 3145 and 50 G. Canis Minoris, is the main star of a binary system in the constellation Canis Minor. It is an orange K-type giant, approximately 254 light years from Earth. Its apparent magnitude is +4.39.

When first catalogued it was in the Puppis constellation and was designated "13 Puppis", but it subsequently migrated to Canis Minor. Bode gave it the Bayer designation of Lambda Canis Minoris.

Over 2003 to 2012 a starspot was periodically dimming its light.

From December 2003 to January 2012, the team B.-C. Lee, I. Han, and M.-G. Park observed "HD 66141" with "the fiber-fed Bohyunsan Observatory Echelle Spectrograph (BOES) at Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO)".

In 2012, a long-period, wide-orbiting planet was deduced by radial velocity. This was published in November.


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