| appmag_v = 5.828[3]
}}{{Starbox character
| class = G8/K0III
| b-v =
| u-b =
| variable =
}}{{Starbox astrometry
| radial_v = − 5.00 ± 4.3
| prop_mo_ra = −4.701 ± 0.091[4]
| prop_mo_dec = +2.648 ± 0.107[4]
| parallax = 9.6939
| p_error = 0.0535
| parallax_footnote = [1]
| absmag_v =
}}{{Starbox detail
| source =
| mass = 1.91[7]
| radius =
| luminosity = 62[7]
| temperature =
| gravity =
| metal_fe =
| rotational_velocity =
| age_myr = 281[7]
}}{{Starbox catalog
| names = {{odlist | B=ξ Men | CPD=−82° 106 | FK5=917| HD=34172 | HIP=23148 | HR=1716 | SAO=258395}}[10]
}}{{Starbox reference
| Simbad = ksi+men
}}{{Starbox end}}Xi Mensae is a giant star in the constellation Mensa.
References
1. ^1 2 {{cite DR2}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{citation | title=Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants | last1=Luck | first1=R. Earle | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=150 | issue=3 | id=88 | pages=23 | date=September 2015 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 | bibcode=2015AJ....150...88L | arxiv=1507.01466 | postscript=. }}
3. ^1 {{cite simbad | title=ksi Men | accessdate=7 May 2018}}
4. ^1 {{cite journal|bibcode=2000A&A...355L..27H|title=The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=355|pages=L27|author1=Høg|first1=E.|last2=Fabricius|first2=C.|last3=Makarov|first3=V. V.|last4=Urban|first4=S.|last5=Corbin|first5=T.|last6=Wycoff|first6=G.|last7=Bastian|first7=U.|last8=Schwekendiek|first8=P.|last9=Wicenec|first9=A.|year=2000|doi=10.1888/0333750888/2862}}