HD 143811 A

Planetary system · 445.6 light-years away · also HD 143811 A, HIP 78663

HD 143811 A is 446 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,791 K star; the first was found in 2025 by imaging (Paranal Observatory).

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HD 143811 AB b was photographed directly: it is one of the few exoplanets seen as its own point of light rather than inferred from its star.

HD 143811 A is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only HD 143811 A and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature6,791 K
Mass1.32 solar masses
Radius1.68398 solar radii
Luminosity4.375 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.91
Ageabout 0.018 billion years
Distance from the Sun445.6 light-years (136.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 240.8892°, Dec -30.1372°
ConstellationLupus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 143811 AB b320.3 years63.000 AU15.693 R⊕1938.8 M⊕Imaging, 2025

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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