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TVLM 513-46
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Star TVLM 513-46

Red dwarf TVLM 513-46 is located 35 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M8.5V C, that has 9 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
35 light years

TVLM 513-46

Red dwarf, Low-mass star
Spectral class: M8.5V C

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 15h 1m 8.138s
Declination iconDeclination: 22° 50' 1.096'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 93.166
Distance iconSun distance: 35.008 ly | 10.7 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 9 % M Sun | 94 M Jupiter
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Size: 11 % R Sun | 1.1 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 2500 K | 0.43 T Sun
time iconAge: 1 billions years | 0.22 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.00042 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 15.1
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 14.9
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35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

TVLM 513-46 system structure

TVLM 513-46
TVLM 513-46 b 0.3 AU 127.2 M 221 days
More about TVLM 513-46
Nearby star TVLM 513-46 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 10 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 2500 K (2227 °C), which is about 43 % of Sun's temperature.
       TVLM 513-46 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
TVLM 513-46546, 2MASS J15010818+2250020, 2MASSI J1501081+225001, 2MUCD 20596, SDSS J150108.17+225001.8, TIC 311188315, WISEP J150108.17+225001.4, Gaia EDR3 1262763648230973440
External sources
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Simbad database (TVLM 513-46)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1262763648230973440)
Archive from the Gaia mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
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Red dwarfs are small reddish stars, that are by far the most common type of star in solar neighborhood. Their mass is usually between 10 and 50 % of solar mass.
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