HD 109271

Planetary system · 182.2 light-years away · also HD 109271, HIP 61300

HD 109271 is 182 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G5 V star; the first was found in 2013 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 109271 b goes round its star every 7.85 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG5 V
Surface temperature5,783 K
Mass1.047 solar masses
Radius1.29459 solar radii
Luminosity2 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.04
Ageabout 7.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun182.2 light-years (55.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 188.3974°, Dec -11.6215°
ConstellationVirgo

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 109271 b7.85 days0.0790 AU4.31 R⊕ estimated17.162 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2013
HD 109271 c30.9 days0.196 AU5.27 R⊕ estimated24.154 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2013

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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