Ross 458

Ross 458

Image of Ross 458 with the legacy surveys. The companion is the red object marked with an crosshair in the lower right.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 13h 00m 46.557s
Declination +12° 22′ 32.68″
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.79
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type M0.5 + M7.0
U−B color index 1.12
B−V color index 1.44
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−12.33±0.32 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −628.7±0.184 mas/yr
Dec.: −33.5±0.133 mas/yr
Parallax (π)86.9010±0.1170 mas
Distance37.53 ± 0.05 ly
(11.51 ± 0.02 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+9.47
Orbit
PrimaryA
NameB
Period (P)13.63±0.03 yr
Semi-major axis (a)4.93±0.01 AU
Eccentricity (e)0.245±0.001
Inclination (i)130.3±0.3°
Longitude of the node (Ω)56.25±0.17°
Periastron epoch (T)2007.67±0.02
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
157.5±0.6°
Details
A
Mass0.553±0.007 M
Radius0.601±0.001 R
Luminosity0.044+0.016
−0.012
 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.648+0.001
−0.002
 cgs
Temperature3,661.2+2.6
−2.5
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.09±0.10 dex
Rotation2.89 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)9.6±0.9 km/s
Age400–800 Myr
B
Mass88.9+1.8
−2.8
 MJup
C
Mass8.24+0.80
−0.75
 MJup
Radius0.85±0.02 RJup
Luminosity5.37+0.08
−0.06
×10−6
 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.12±0.04 cgs
Temperature771+7
−8
 K
Metallicity = 0.05+0.03
−0.02
Other designations
DT Vir, BD+13°2618, GJ 494, HIP 63510, LHS 2665, LTT 13752, Ross 458, Wolf 462
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
ARICNSdata

Ross 458, also referred to as DT Virginis, is a binary star system in the constellation of Virgo. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.79 and is located at a distance of 37.6 light-years from the Sun. Both of the stars are low-mass red dwarfs with at least one of them being a flare star. This binary system has a circumbinary sub-stellar companion.