HD 125612

Planetary system · 187.9 light-years away · also HD 125612, HIP 70123

HD 125612 is 188 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this G3 V star; the first was found in 2007 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 125612 c goes round its star every 4.15 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HD 125612 is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Spectral typeG3 V
Surface temperature5,900 K
Mass1.05 solar masses
Radius1.07 solar radii
Luminosity1.148 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.31
Ageabout 1.77 billion years
Distance from the Sun187.9 light-years (57.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 215.2227°, Dec -17.4818°
ConstellationVirgo

The other star

HD 125612 B has no spectral type listed of magnitude 17.05, moving through space with it. In 2016 it was 90″ from HD 125612, at position angle 163° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 14209-1729 MUG 17): 5,186 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 125612 c4.15 days0.0510 AU4.07 R⊕ estimated15.574 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2009
HD 125612 b557.7 days1.349 AU13.2 R⊕ estimated945.22 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2007
HD 125612 d7.7 years3.982 AU12.7 R⊕ estimated2281.4 M⊕Radial 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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