HD 180617

Planetary system · 19.3 light-years away · also HD 180617, HIP 94761

HD 180617 is 19.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M2.5 V star; the first was found in 2018 by radial velocity (Calar Alto Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 180617 b takes 105.9 days to go round its star once.

HD 180617 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 typeM2.5 V
Surface temperature3,534 K
Mass0.484 solar masses
Radius0.481 solar radii
Luminosity0.03236 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.12
Distance from the Sun19.3 light-years (5.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.2277°, Dec 5.1632°
ConstellationAquila

The other star

HD 180617 B is a M8V star of magnitude 17.43, judged a true companion. In 2016 it was 75.5″ from HD 180617, at position angle 153° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 19169+0510 LDS6334 AB): 446 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 180617 b105.9 days0.343 AU3.53 R⊕ estimated12.214 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2018

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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