G-type giant in the constellation Leo Minor
7 Leonis Minoris Location of 7 LMi on the map (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000 Constellation Leo Minor Right ascension 09h 30m 43.22705s [ 1] Declination +33° 39′ 20.5700″[ 1] Apparent magnitude (V)5.86± 0.01[ 2] Characteristics Evolutionary stage horizontal branch [ 3] Spectral type G9 III[ 4] B−Vcolor index +1.05[ 5] Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv )1.7± 0.9[ 6] km/s Proper motion (μ)RA: −23.939mas /yr [ 1] Dec.: −48.160mas /yr [ 1] Parallax (π)7.0542± 0.1338 mas [ 1] Distance 462 ± 9 ly (142 ± 3 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )−0.03[ 7] Details Mass 2.74+0.24 −0.25 [ 3] M ☉ Radius 13.41± 0.68[ 8] R ☉ Luminosity 96.0+3.3 −3.6 [ 1] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )2.49+0.07 −0.06 [ 3] cgs Temperature 4,923± 122[ 9] K Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.03± 0.10[ 10] dex Rotational velocity (v sin i )0.24[ 11] km/s Age 575+201 −139 [ 3] Myr Other designations 7 LMi ,AG +33°953 ,BD +34°1999 ,FK5 2755 ,GC 13112 ,HD 82087 ,HIP 46652 ,HR 3764 ,SAO 61529 ,CCDM J09307+3339A ,WDS J09307+3339A ,TIC 8855140[ 12] Database references SIMBAD data
7 Leonis Minoris (7 LMi) is astar located in the northernconstellation Leo Minor . It is also designated asHD 82087 andHR 3764 . 7 LMi is faintly visible to thenaked eye as a yellow-hued point of light with anapparent magnitude of 5.86.[ 2] Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 462light-years [ 1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentricradial velocity of 1.7 km/s .[ 6] At its current distance, 7 LMi's brightness is diminished by 0.12magnitudes due tointerstellar extinction [ 13] and it has anabsolute magnitude of −0.03.[ 7]
There have been disagreements on the object'sstellar classification . 7 LMi is either aG-type giant star with a class of either G8 or G9 III,[ 4] or it is aK-type giant with a class of K0 III.[ 14] It is most likely on thehorizontal branch (95% fit),[ 3] generating energy viahelium fusion at itscore . It has 2.74 times themass of the Sun but at the age of 575million years ,[ 3] it has expanded to 13.41 times theradius of the Sun .[ 8] It radiates 96 times theluminosity of the Sun [ 1] from its enlargedphotosphere at aneffective temperature of 4,923 K .[ 9] 7 LMi has a near solarmetallicity at [Fe/H] = −0.03[ 10] and it spins very slowly with aprojected rotational velocity of 0.24 km/s .[ 11]
7 LMi has two visual companions. AG +33°954 is a background star located much farther away than 7 LMi[ 15] and it is a closespectroscopic binary itself.[ 16]
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