HD 147379

Planetary system · 35.1 light-years away · also HD 147379, HIP 79755

HD 147379 is 35.1 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M0.0 V star; the first was found in 2017 by radial velocity (Calar Alto Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 147379 b goes round its star every 86.6 days, 1.0 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HD 147379 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 typeM0.0 V
Surface temperature4,090 K
Mass0.58 solar masses
Radius0.628304 solar radii
Luminosity0.08 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.61
Distance from the Sun35.1 light-years (10.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 244.1726°, Dec 67.2392°
ConstellationDraco

The other star

HD 147379 B is a M3.0V star of magnitude 10.88, moving through space with it. In 2016 it was 64.5″ from HD 147379, at position angle 14° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 16167+6714 ENG 57): 694 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 147379 b86.6 days0.319 AU4.94 R⊕ estimated21.6 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017

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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