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40 Arietis is a probable binary star system in the northern constellation of Aries. 40 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation. Their combined apparent magnitude is 5.82, putting the system near the limit of naked eye visibility. Based upon an annual parallax shift of just 7.33 mas, it is 445 light-years (136 parsecs) away from the Sun. At that distance, its brightness is diminished by 0.21 in magnitude from extinction caused by interstellar gas and dust.

This is a suspected spectroscopic binary with an angular separation of 0.2″ between the two components. The visible component is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III. It is a suspected variable star of unknown type, and is around 2.6 billion years old with 1.6 times the mass of the Sun. With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, the star has expanded to 20 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 128 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,473 K.

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External links

• HR 828
• Image 40 Arietis

v t e Constellation of Aries
Aries in Chinese astronomy List of stars in Aries
Stars	Bayer α (Hamal) β (Sheratan) γ (Mesarthim) δ (Botein) ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ρ ρ σ τ τ Flamsteed 1 4 7 10 11 14 15 16 19 20 21 23 26 27 29 30 31 33 35 36 38 39 (Lilii Borea) 40 41 (Bharani) 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 59 60 62 64 65 66 54 Cet 85 Cet Variable TZ UX VZ (16 Tri) HR 577 728 803 952 999 HD 12661 20367 Other BD+20°307 HIP 14810 HAT-P-25 Teegarden's Star WASP-11/HAT-P-10 WD 0145+234
Exoplanets α Arietis b HD 12661 b c HIP 14810 b c d Teegarden's Star b c WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b
Galaxies	NGC 677 680 691 694 695 716 765 770 772 781 803 817 820 821 871 877 900 901 903 904 918 935 938 972 990 992 1024 1134 1156 Other 1ES 0229+200 3C 79 4C +28.07 AO 0235+164 IC 167 IC 1801 PSO J0309+27 Segue 2 UGC 2140
Galaxy clusters MS 0302+17
Astronomical events GRB 060218
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• K-type giants
• Spectroscopic binaries
• Suspected variables
• Aries (constellation)
• Durchmusterung objects
• Flamsteed objects
• Henry Draper Catalogue objects
• Hipparcos objects
• Bright Star Catalogue objects