HD 93083

HD 93083 is an orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Antlia. It has the proper name Macondo, after the mythical village of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad). The name was selected by Colombia during the IAU's NameExoWorlds campaign. The star has an apparent visual magnitude of 8.30, which is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. It is located at a distance of 93 light years from the Sun based on parallax. HD 93083 is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +43.65 km/s, having come to within 43 light-years some 484,000 years ago.

HD 93083 / Macondo
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Antlia
Right ascension 10h 44m 20.91513s
Declination –33° 34 37.2862
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.30
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type K2IV-V or K3V
B−V color index 0.945±0.001
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)43.65 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −92.721 mas/yr
Dec.: −152.238 mas/yr
Parallax (π)35.0393 ± 0.0484 mas
Distance93.1 ± 0.1 ly
(28.54 ± 0.04 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)6.08
Details
Mass0.806+0.044
−0.033
 M

0.837±0.027 M
Radius0.844±0.011 R
Luminosity0.41 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.367±0.652 cgs
Temperature5,030±25 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.13±0.165 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.219±0.531 km/s
Age6 Gyr
5.485±4.612 Gyr
7.71
13.557+4.008
−4.622
 Gyr
Other designations
CD−32°7598, GJ 1137, HD 93083, HIP 52521, SAO 201693, PPM 288057, GSC 07190-02048
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

This is a K-type main-sequence star that has been assigned a stellar classification of K2IV-V or K3V, depending on the study. It is smaller and less massive than the Sun, with a higher metallicity, or abundance of elements heavier than helium. The star is roughly six billion years old with a low projected rotational velocity of 2.2 km/s, and has an expected main sequence lifetime of 20.4 billion years. It is a source of X-ray emission with a luminosity of 7.9×1026 erg s−1. The star is radiating around 41% of the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,030 K.

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