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TZ Arietis
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Star TZ Arietis

Red dwarf TZ Arietis is located 15 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M 4.5V, that has 14 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.
Sun distance
15 light years

TZ Arietis

Red dwarf, flare star
Spectral class: M 4.5V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 2h 0m 14.159s
Declination iconDeclination: 13° 2' 38.656'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 223.732
Distance iconSun distance: 14.578 ly | 4.5 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 14 % M Sun | 147 M Jupiter
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Size: 16.1 % R Sun | 1.6 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3193 K | 0.55 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.00135 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 12.3
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 14
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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).

TZ Arietis system structure

TZ Arietis
TZ Arietis b 0.4 AU 30.9 M 241.9 days
TZ Arietis c 0.88 AU 73.1 M 772.1 days
More about TZ Arietis
Nearby star TZ Arietis is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3193 K (2920 °C), which is about 55 % of Sun's temperature.
       TZ Arietis 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
Gliese 83.1, Gliese 9066, GJ 9066, GJ 83.1, L 1159-16, LHS 11, G 003-033, TZ Ari, 2MASS J02001278+1303112, TIC 404715018, NLTT 6690, WISEA J020013.74+130248.6, LP 469-42, LFT 171, Gaia EDR3 76868614540049408
External sources
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Simbad database (V* TZ Ari)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 76868614540049408)
Archive from the Gaia mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
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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