HD 168009

Planetary system · 76.0 light-years away · also HD 168009, HIP 89474

HD 168009 is 76.0 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2V star; the first was found in 2021 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

HD 168009 b goes round its star every 15.1 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG2V
Surface temperature5,778 K
Mass0.986073 solar masses
Radius1.20951 solar radii
Luminosity1.412 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude6.295
Ageabout 9.68 billion years
Distance from the Sun76.0 light-years (23.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 273.8848°, Dec 45.2088°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 168009 b15.1 days0.119 AU3.05 R⊕ estimated9.5349 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2021

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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