LHS 1140

LHS 1140

Artist's impression of LHS 1140 and LHS 1140b.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 00h 44m 59.33091s
Declination −15° 16 17.5428
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.18
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Red dwarf
Spectral type M4.5V
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−13.74±0.42 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 318.152 mas/yr
Dec.: −596.623 mas/yr
Parallax (π)66.8287±0.0479 mas
Distance48.80 ± 0.03 ly
(14.96 ± 0.01 pc)
Details
Mass0.1844±0.0045 M
Radius0.2159±0.0030 R
Luminosity0.0038±0.0003 L
Surface gravity (log g)5.041±0.016 cgs
Temperature3,096±48 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.15±0.09 dex
Rotation131±5 d
Age>5 Gyr
Other designations
GJ 3053, G 270-58, G 268-38, LHS 1140, NLTT 2465, TOI-256, TIC 92226327, 2MASS J00445930-1516166
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
ARICNSdata

LHS 1140 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Cetus. Based on stellar parallax measurement, it is 48.8 light-years (15.0 parsecs) away from the Sun. 'LHS' refers to the Luyten Half-Second Catalogue of stars with proper motions exceeding half a second of arc annually. The star is over 5 billion years old and has only about 18% the mass of the Sun and 21% of its radius. LHS 1140's rotational period is 130 days. No flares have been observed.