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Table 1.

Fundamental stellar parameters of ϵ Eridani, 61 Cygni A and the Sun.

Star ϵ Eridani(a),(b) 61 Cygni A(c),(d) Sun (e)
HD 22040 201091
Spectral type K 2 V K 5 V G 2 V
Teff (K) 5146 ± 31 4545 ± 40 5780 ± 10
Mass (M) 0.82 ± 0.03 0.69 ± 0.03 1.00
Age: V&F(f) (Gyr)
Age: Chromo(g) (Gyr) 0.49 1.33
Age: other (Gyr) 0.44 6.00 ± 1.00 4.57 ± 0.11
v sin i (km s−1) 2.40 ± 0.4 0.94 ± 1.0 1.60 ± 0.4
Prot (d) 11.40 35.00 24.47
Rossby No 0.44 1.41 2.18
Log() –4.40 to –4.50 –4.51 to –4.67 –4.85 to –5.00 (i)
S-index cycle (j),(k)(yr) 2.95 ± 0.03, 12.70 ± 0.30 7.30 ± 0.1 11.04 ± 1.20
Log(Lx/Lbol) –4.80 –5.58 –6.24

Notes. Listed are the effective temperature (Teff), mass, age and projected rotational velocity (v sin i) of the stars.

References. (a)Valenti & Fischer (2005); (b)Barnes (2007); (c)Affer et al. (2005); (d)Kervella & Fouqué (2008); (e)Wright et al. (2011); (f)Valenti & Fischer (2005); (g)Marsden et al. (2014); (h)Metcalfe et al. (2013); (i)Lockwood et al. (2007); (j)Baliunas et al. (1995); (k)Bonanno et al. (2002). The convective turnover time, used to compute the Rossby number, and X-ray luminosity (Log(Lx/Lbol)) are taken from Wright et al. (2011).

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