HD 164595

Planetary system · 92.2 light-years away · also HD 164595, HIP 88194

HD 164595 is 92.2 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2 V star; the first was found in 2015 by radial velocity (Haute-Provence Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 164595 b goes round its star every 40.0 days, 2.2 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HD 164595 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 typeG2 V
Surface temperature5,790 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius1.02361 solar radii
Luminosity1.041 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.08597
Ageabout 7.12 billion years
Distance from the Sun92.2 light-years (28.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 270.1614°, Dec 29.5727°
ConstellationHercules

The other star

HD 164595 B is a M star of magnitude 13.1, judged a true companion. In 2016 it was 88.1″ from HD 164595, at position angle 105° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 18006+2934 LDS6413): 2,489 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 164595 b40.0 days0.230 AU4.16 R⊕ estimated16.14 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2015

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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