HD 106515
HD 106515 is a binary star in the constellation of Virgo.
The A and B stars are both K-type main-sequence stars. The two are gravitationally bound and separated at 310 AU. The binary semimajor axis is 390 AU.
The third star in the visual triple, BD−06° 3533, is a physically unrelated background star.HD 106515 AB is a wide binary system which was first observed by Jérôme de Lalande in 1795.Planetary system
The discovery of HD 106515 Ab was announced in a preprint submitted on September 12, 2011. The discovery was made using radial velocity measurements obtained at the CORALIE spectrograph located at La Silla Observatory. Confirmation of the discovery was made by a separate team using the Galileo National Telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.
