Ross 508

Ross 508 is a 13th magnitude red dwarf

star, 11.2183 parsecs away. The Ross
Ross 508
catalog is named after Frank Elmore Observation data
Ross who published a first list of 86 high Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
proper motion stars in 1925.[6] In 2022 it
Constellation Serpens[1]
was discovered to have a super-Earth,
Ross 508 b, orbiting every 10.77 days, Right ascension 15h 23m 51.13709s[2]
detected by doppler spectroscopy.[4] Declination +17° 27′ 57.4439″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.18 ± 0.20[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type M4.5[4]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.18 ± 0.20[3]
Apparent magnitude (G) 12.195 ± 0.003[2]
Apparent magnitude (J) 9.105 ± 0.024[4]
Apparent magnitude (H) 8.620 ± 0.032[3]
Apparent magnitude (K) 8.279 ± 0.023[4]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (Rv) 42.14 ± 0.39[2] km/s

Proper motion (μ) RA: −391.919 ± 0.034 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −1 259.296 ± 0.034 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π) 89.1284 ± 0.0331 mas[2]
Distance 36.59 ± 0.01 ly
(11.220 ± 0.004 pc)

Details[4]

Mass 0.1774 ± 0.0045 M☉

Radius 0.2113 ± 0.0063 R☉
Luminosity (bolometric) 0.003 589 +0.000 067 L
−0.000 071 ☉
Surface gravity (log g) 5.039 ± 0.027 cgs
Temperature +34
3071 −22 K
Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.20 ± 0.20 dex

Other designations
GJ 585, Ci 20 930, G 137-2,
G 136-103, LFT 1203, LHS 396,
LSPM J1523+1727, LTT 14584,
 NLTT 40124, PLX 3481,
PM 15216+1739, PM J15238+1727,
Ross 508, TIC 400019820,
2MASS J15235112+1727569[5]
Database references
SIMBAD data (https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/
simbad/sim-id?Ident=Ross+508)

The Ross 508 planetary system[4]

Companion Semimajor axis Orbital period
Mass Eccentricity Inclination Radius
(in order from star) (AU) (days)

+0.53 +0.000 56 +0.13

b ≥4.00 −0.55 M🜨 0.053 66 −0.000 49 10.77 ± 0.01 0.33 −0.15 — —

References
1. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates" (http://djm.cc/constellation.
html). djm.cc. 2 August 2008.
2. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the
content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211 (htt
ps://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00211). Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.ed
u/abs/2023A&A...674A...1G). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 (https://doi.org/10.1051%2
F0004-6361%2F202243940). S2CID 244398875 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:
244398875). Gaia DR3 record for this source (https://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?Gai
a%20DR3%201208695640675619584) at VizieR.
3. "Ross 508" (https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/Ross%20508). NASA
Exoplanet Archive.
4. Harakawa, Hiroki; et al. (2022). "A super-Earth orbiting near the inner edge of the habitable
zone around the M4.5 dwarf Ross 508". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
74 (4): 904–922. arXiv:2205.11986 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.11986).
Bibcode:2022PASJ...74..904H (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022PASJ...74..904H).
doi:10.1093/pasj/psac044 (https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fpasj%2Fpsac044).
5. "Ross 508" (http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Ross+508). SIMBAD. Centre
de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
6. Ross, Frank E. (November 1, 1925). "New proper-motion stars, (first list)" (https://doi.org/10.1
086%2F104687). The Astronomical Journal. 36: 96–99. Bibcode:1925AJ.....36...96R (https://
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1925AJ.....36...96R). doi:10.1086/104687 (https://doi.org/10.108
6%2F104687).

External links
Planet Ross 508 b (http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/ross_508_b)
NASA visualisations (https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/8513/ross-508-b/)

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