HD 155918

Planetary system · 89.9 light-years away · also HD 155918, HIP 84988

HD 155918 is 89.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G2V star; the first was found in 2022 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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HD 155918 b goes round its star every 45.0 hours, 47 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG2V
Surface temperature5,772 K
Mass1.03 solar masses
Radius1.01906 solar radii
Luminosity1.038 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7
Ageabout 12.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun89.9 light-years (27.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 260.5364°, Dec -75.3492°
ConstellationApus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 155918 b45.0 hours0.0300 AU2.67 R⊕ estimated7.6279 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2022
HD 155918 c47.1 years13.183 AU12.8 R⊕ estimated1878 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2022

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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