BD-08 2823

Planetary system · 134.8 light-years away · also HIP 49067

BD-08 2823 is 135 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K3 V star; the first was found in 2009 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

BD-08 2823 b goes round its star every 5.60 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK3 V
Surface temperature4,816 K
Mass0.5 solar masses
Radius0.71 solar radii
Luminosity0.2366 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.86
Ageabout 4.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun134.8 light-years (41.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 150.1972°, Dec -9.5166°
ConstellationSextans

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
BD-08 2823 b5.60 days0.0600 AU—2948.5 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2009
BD-08 2823 c237.6 days0.680 AU12.5 R⊕ estimated104 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2009

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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