HD 156279

Planetary system · 118.0 light-years away · also HD 156279, HIP 84171

HD 156279 is 118 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G6 star; the first was found in 2011 by radial velocity (Haute-Provence Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 156279 c takes 13.2 years to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeG6
Surface temperature5,453 K
Mass0.94 solar masses
Radius0.95 solar radii
Luminosity0.7146 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.07
Ageabout 4.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun118.0 light-years (36.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 258.0967°, Dec 63.3528°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 156279 b133.4 days0.502 AU12.5 R⊕ estimated2997.8 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2011
HD 156279 c13.2 years5.486 AU12.5 R⊕ estimated3098.8 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2016

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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