Gliese 514, also known as BD+11 2576 or HIP 65859, is a M-type main-sequence star, in the constellation Virgo 24.85 light-years away from the Sun. The proximity of Gliese 514 to the Sun was known exactly since 1988.[11]
Gliese 514's metallicity Fe/H index is largely unknown, with median values from -0.4 to +0.18 reported in the literature. This discrepancy is due to peculiarities of the stellar spectrum of Gliese 514. The spectrum peculiarities also affect the accuracy of the star's temperature measurement,[9] with reported values as low as 2901 K.[7] The spectrum of Gliese 514 shows emission lines,[2] but the star itself has a low starspot activity.[12]
Multiplicity surveys did not detect any stellar companions as of 2020.[13]
The Sun is currently calculated to be passing through the tidal tail of Gliese 514's Oort cloud. Thus, future interstellar objects passing through Solar system may originate from Gliese 514.[14]
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^ abcdBerger, D. H.; Gies, D. R.; McAlister, H. A.; Brummelaar, T. A. ten; Henry, T. J.; Sturmann, J.; Sturmann, L.; Turner, N. H.; Ridgway, S. T.; Aufdenberg, J. P.; Merand, A. (2006), "First Results from the CHARA Array. IV. The Interferometric Radii of Low-Mass Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 644 (1): 475–483, arXiv:astro-ph/0602105, Bibcode:2006ApJ...644..475B, doi:10.1086/503318, S2CID14966363
^ abGhosh, Samrat; Ghosh, Supriyo; Das, Ramkrishna; Mondal, Soumen; Khata, Dhrimadri (2020), "Understanding the physical properties of young M dwarfs: NIR spectroscopic studies", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493 (3): 4533–4550, arXiv:2002.05762, Bibcode:2020MNRAS.493.4533K, doi:10.1093/mnras/staa427
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