HD 16417

Planetary system · 82.8 light-years away · also HD 16417, HIP 12186

HD 16417 is 82.8 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G1 V star; the first was found in 2008 by radial velocity (Anglo-Australian Telescope).

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Worth knowing

HD 16417 b goes round its star every 17.2 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HD 16417 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 typeG1 V
Surface temperature5,841 K
Mass1.2 solar masses
Radius1.63998 solar radii
Luminosity2.774 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude5.78
Ageabout 7 billion years
Distance from the Sun82.8 light-years (25.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 39.2441°, Dec -34.5791°
ConstellationFornax

The other star

HD 16417 B is a M5/6 star of magnitude 13, judged a true companion. In 2016 it was 45″ from HD 16417, at position angle 79° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 02370-3435 MUG 12): 1,143 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 16417 b17.2 days0.140 AU5 R⊕ estimated22.1 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2008

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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