Star in the constellation Libra
16 Librae is a star in the constellation Libra . It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.49.[ 2] An annual parallax shift of 37.17[ 1] mas yields a distance estimate of 87.7 light years . It is moving further from the Sun with a radial velocity of +26 km/s.[ 4]
This is an ordinary F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F2 V.[ 3] It is an estimated 660[ 6] million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 113 km/s.[ 8] The star has 1.47[ 6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating nearly 10[ 5] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 7,187 K.[ 6]
16 Librae has a common proper motion companion located at an angular separation of 22.8 arc seconds along a position angle of 297°, as of 1999. Designated component B, this is a red dwarf star with a class of about M6 and an infrared J-band magnitude of 12.19.[ 10]
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