HD 168443

Planetary system · 129.2 light-years away · also HD 168443, HIP 89844

HD 168443 is 129 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G5 star; the first was found in 1998 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 168443 b goes round its star every 58.1 days, 1.5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG5
Surface temperature5,491 K
Mass0.98 solar masses
Radius1.71148 solar radii
Luminosity2.412 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude6.92122
Ageabout 11.08 billion years
Distance from the Sun129.2 light-years (39.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 275.0160°, Dec -9.5967°
ConstellationSerpens

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 168443 b58.1 days0.292 AU12.6 R⊕ estimated2424.4 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 1998
HD 168443 c4.8 years2.842 AU12.2 R⊕ estimated5500.3 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2000

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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