18 Scorpii

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18 Scorpii
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Scorpius constellation and its surroundings
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Location of 18 Scorpii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Scorpius
Right ascension 16h 15m 37.26946s[1]
Declination –08° 22′ 09.9870″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.503[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G2 Va
U−B color index +0.18[3]
B−V color index +0.64[3]
Variable type Sun-like[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) +11.6[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 230.77[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -495.53[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 71.94 ± 0.37[1] mas
Distance 45.3 ± 0.2 ly
(13.90 ± 0.07 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 4.77[2]
Details
Mass 1.02 ± 0.03[5] M☉
Radius 1.010 ± 0.009[5] R☉
Luminosity 1.058 ± 0.028[6] L☉
Surface gravity (log g) 4.45[7] cgs
Temperature 5,433 ± 69[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H] 0.04[7] dex
Rotation 22.7 ± 0.5[8]
Age 3.8±0.5[9] Gyr
Other designations
BD-07 4242, Gl 616, HD 146233, HIP 79672, HR 6060, SAO 141066, GC 21864, CCDM 16156-0822.[3]
Database references
SIMBAD data
Exoplanet Archive data

18 Scorpii is a solitary star located at a distance of some 45.3 light-years (13.9 parsecs) from Earth at the northern edge of the Scorpius constellation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.5,[2] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye outside of urban areas.

18 Scorpii has many physical properties in common with the Sun. Cayrel de Strobel (1996) included it in her review of the stars most similar to the Sun,[10] and Porto de Mello & da Silva (1997) identified it as a solar twin.[11] Some scientists therefore believe the prospects for life in its vicinity are good. However, no planet has yet been discovered orbiting this star.

Characteristics

18 Scorpii is a main sequence star of spectral and luminosity type G2 Va,[11] with the luminosity class of 'V' indicating it is generating energy through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen in its core region. Sousa et al. (2008) found its metallicity to be about 1.1 times that of the Sun, which means the abundance of elements other than hydrogen or helium is 10% greater.[7][12] The radius of this star, as measured using interferometry by Bazot et al. (2011), is 101% the radius of the Sun. When combined with the results of asteroseismology measurements, this allows the mass of the star to be estimated as 102% of the Sun's mass.[5] This star is radiating 106% of the Sun's luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 5,433 K.[6] It is this heat that gives the star the yellow-hued glow of a G-type star.[13]

According to Lockwood (2002), it has a temporal photometric behavior very similar to the Sun.[14] Its brightness variation over its entire activity cycle is 0.09%, about the same as the Sun's brightness variations during recent solar cycles.[15] Using the technique of Zeeman-Doppler imaging, Petit et al. (2008) have detected its surface magnetic field, showing that its intensity and geometry are very similar to the large-scale solar magnetic field.[16] The estimated period for the activity cycle of 18 Scorpii is about seven years,[4] which is significantly shorter than the Sun's, and its overall chromospheric activity level is noticeably higher.[15][17] Like the Sun, it has a hot corona with a temperature in the range of 1.5–2 MK and an X-ray luminosity of 8 ± 1.5 ergs s−1.[8]

Though 18 Scorpii is only slightly more metal-rich overall than the Sun, its lithium abundance is about three times as high; for this reason, Meléndez & Ramírez (2007) have suggested that 18 Scorpii be called a "quasi solar twin", reserving the term solar twin for stars (such as HIP 56948) that match the Sun, within the observational errors, for all parameters.[18]

18 Scorpii was identified in September 2003 by astrobiologist Margaret Turnbull from the University of Arizona in Tucson as one of the most promising nearby candidates for hosting life, based on her analysis of the HabCat list of stars. This is a solitary star and, as of 2005, radial velocity measurements have not yet revealed the presence of planets orbiting it.[19] Nor does this star display the level of excess infrared emission that would otherwise suggest the presence of unconsolidated circumstellar matter, such as a debris disk.[20]

Age

The age of 18 Scorpii, shown relative to the Sun, the older solar twin HD 197027, here annotated as HIP 102152 and the formation of the Milky Way

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The ubv information is per Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished) 1986. See the Measurements section.
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  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ A metallicity of [Fe/H] = 1.04 dex indicates that the star has 100.04 = 1.096, or 110% of the abundance of elements heavier than helium, compared to the Sun.
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