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Table 2

Basic properties of CIT 6 and IRC+10216.

CIT 6 IRC+10216 References (CIT 6; IRC+10216)
Distance (pc) 400 ± 50 123 ± 14 Cohen & Hitchon (1996); Groenewegen et al. (2012)
Dust-effective stellar radius (AU) 7 11 Ramstedt & Olofsson (2014); Menten et al. (2012)
Envelope radius (AU) 2600 13370 Dinh-V.-Trung & Lim (2009); Tuo et al. (2024)
Teff(K) 1800 1630 Ramstedt & Olofsson (2014); Menten et al. (2012)
Luminosity (L) 10000 8600 Ramstedt & Olofsson (2014); Menten et al. (2012)
VLSR(km s−1) −1 −26 Fukasaku et al. (1994); Menten et al. (2012)
Expansion velocity (km s−1) 17 14.5 Dinh-V.-Trung & Lim (2009); Cernicharo et al. (2000)
Mass-loss rate M˙(Myr1)$\dot{M} \ (M_{\odot} \mathrm{yr}^{-1})$ 1.1 × 10−5 2.2 × 10−5 Dinh-V.-Trung & Lim (2009); Whitelock et al. (2006)
Variability period (days) 630 640 Alksnis & Khozov (1975); Whitelock et al. (2006)

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