HD 160691

Planetary system · 50.9 light-years away · also HD 160691, HIP 86796

HD 160691 is 50.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this G3 IV-V star; the first was found in 2000 by radial velocity (Anglo-Australian Telescope).

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Worth knowing

HD 160691 d goes round its star every 9.64 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG3 IV-V
Surface temperature5,773 K
Mass1.13 solar masses
Radius1.33 solar radii
Luminosity1.899 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude5.12
Ageabout 5.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun50.9 light-years (15.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 266.0362°, Dec -51.8349°
ConstellationAra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 160691 d9.64 days0.0952 AU3.23 R⊕ estimated10.49 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2004
HD 160691 e307.9 days0.960 AU—2224.8 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2006
HD 160691 b645.0 days1.500 AU—1366.7 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2000
HD 160691 c10.8 years4.170 AU—1398.4 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2004

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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