35 Leonis was discovered to be a binary system in 2024, after analysis from Daniel Echeverri et al. using vortex fiber nulling, which is a technique for detecting and characterizing faint stellar companions that are close to their parent star.[4] The team derived a visual separation of 56.9 milliarcseconds between both components using the CHARA array.[4] Both stars are completing one orbit around each other every 537 days (1.47 years).[4] The system classifies as a single-lined spectroscopic binary (SB1).[4]
The main component, 35 Leonis A, is currently a main-sequence star that is evolving into a subgiant, based on its spectral class of G1.5V-IV.[3] It has 34% more mass than the Sun,[4] 2.12 times the radius of the Sun, and irradiates four times more luminosity than the Sun.[5] The effective temperature of 35 Leonis A is 5480 K,[4] which gives it the typical hue of a G-type star.[6] The age of the star is around 5.25 billion years,[5] which is around 14% older than the Solar System.
35 Leonis B
The secondary component, 35 Leonis B, is a red dwarf star. The mass of 35 Leonis B is estimated at 0.15 M☉, based on a mass of 1.34 M☉ for the primary and a mass ratio of 0.11.[4] An effective temperature of 3300+130 −140K and an upper limit in the rotational velocity of 10.1 km/s are derived from the vortex fiber nulling's parameters.[4] Other characteristics, such as the radius and luminosity, are unknown.
Notes
^Obtained with a right ascension of 10h 16m 32.289s and a declination of +23° 30′ 11.206″[2] on this website.
^ abcdefghijklmnopEcheverri, Daniel; Xuan, Jerry W.; Monnier, John D.; Delorme, Jacques-Robert; Wang, Jason J.; Jovanovic, Nemanja; Horstman, Katelyn; Ruane, Garreth; Mennesson, Bertrand (2024-03-25). "Vortex Fiber Nulling for Exoplanet Observations: First Direct Detection of M Dwarf Companions around HIP 21543, HIP 94666, and HIP 50319". arXiv:2403.17295 [astro-ph.EP].
^ ab"The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, December 21, 2004, archived from the original on 2013-12-03, retrieved 2012-01-16