| absmag_v=−1.56[11]
}}{{Starbox detail
| mass=
| radius=
| luminosity=538[11]
| temperature=
| metal_fe=
| rotational_velocity=70[13]
| age_myr=
}}{{Starbox catalog
| names=π Ari, 42 Arietis, BD+16° 355, HD 17543, HIP 13165, HR 836, SAO 93127.[14]
}}{{Starbox reference
| Simbad=pi+Ari
}}{{Starbox end}}Pi Arietis, Latinized from π Arietis, is the Bayer designation for a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Aries. Based upon parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, this system is approximately {{Convert|800|ly|pc|abbr=off|lk=on}} distant from Earth and has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.21. This is bright enough to be faintly seen with the naked eye.
The primary member of this system is a massive, B-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of B6 V. It is a close spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 3.854 days, an eccentricity of 0.04, and a combined visual magnitude of 5.30. At an angular separation of 3.28 arcseconds is a magnitude 8.46 A-type main sequence star with a classification of A0 Vp. Finally, a fourth member of the system is a magnitude 11.0 F-type main sequence star with a classification of F8V at an angular separation of 25.2 arcseconds from the primary.[4]
Name
This star, along with δ Ari, ε Ari, ζ Ari, and ρ3 Ari, were Al Bīrūnī's Al Buṭain (ألبطين), the dual of Al Baṭn, the Belly.[16] According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, Al Buṭain were the title for five stars : δ Ari as Botein, π Ari as Al Buṭain I, ρ3 Ari as Al Buṭain II, ε Ari as Al Buṭain III dan ζ Ari as Al Buṭain IV.[17]
In Chinese, {{lang|zh|左更}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Zuǒ Gēng}}), meaning Official in Charge of the Forest, refers to an asterism consisting of π Arietis, ν Arietis, μ Arietis, ο Arietis and σ Arietis.[1] Consequently, π Arietis itself is known as {{lang|zh|左更五}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Zuǒ Gēng wu}}, {{lang-en|the Fifth Star of Official in Charge of the Forest}}.)[2]
References
1. ^{{zh icon}} 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, {{ISBN|978-986-7332-25-7}}.
2. ^{{zh icon}} AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 21 日
3. ^1 2 {{citation | title=XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation | last1=Anderson | first1=E. | last2=Francis | first2=Ch. | journal=Astronomy Letters | volume=38 | issue=5 | pages=331 | year=2012 | bibcode=2012AstL...38..331A | doi=10.1134/S1063773712050015 | arxiv=1108.4971 | postscript=. }}
4. ^1 {{citation | last=Wilson | first=Ralph Elmer | year=1953 | title=General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities | publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington | location=Washington | bibcode=1953GCRV..C......0W | postscript=. }}
5. ^1 {{citation | last1=Abt | first1=Helmut A. | last2=Levato | first2=Hugo | last3=Grosso | first3=Monica | title=Rotational Velocities of B Stars | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=573 | issue=1 | pages=359–365 |date=July 2002 | doi=10.1086/340590 | bibcode=2002ApJ...573..359A | postscript=. }}
6. ^1 2 3 {{citation | last1=Crawford | first1=D. L. | last2=Barnes | first2=J. V. | last3=Golson | first3=J. C. | title=Four-color, H-beta, and UBV photometry for bright B-type stars in the northern hemisphere | journal=The Astronomical Journal | year=1971 | pages=1058 | volume=76 | bibcode=1971AJ.....76.1058C | doi=10.1086/111220 | postscript=. }}
7. ^1 2 {{citation | last1=Eggleton | first1=P. P. | last2=Tokovinin | first2=A. A. | title=A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=389 | issue=2 | pages=869–879 |date=September 2008 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x | bibcode=2008MNRAS.389..869E | arxiv=0806.2878 | postscript=. }}
8. ^1 {{cite simbad | title=pi. Ari | accessdate=2012-08-07 | postscript=. }}
9. ^1 {{citation | last=Allen | first=R. H. | year=1963 | authorlink=Richard Hinckley Allen | title=Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning | url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Aries*.html | accessdate=2010-12-12 | edition=Reprint | publisher=Dover Publications Inc | location=New York, NY | isbn=0-486-21079-0 | page=83 | postscript=. }}
10. ^1 {{citation | url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720005197_1972005197.pdf | first1=Jack W. | last1=Rhoads | title=Technical Memorandum 33-507-A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars | journal=Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | date=November 15, 1971 | postscript=. }}