HD 18143

Planetary system · 73.5 light-years away · also HD 18143, HIP 13642 A

HD 18143 is 73.5 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K2 star; the first was found in 2022 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

HD 18143 b goes round its star every 10.3 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK2
Surface temperature5,078 K
Mass0.85 solar masses
Radius0.87 solar radii
Luminosity0.4791 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.518
Ageabout 9.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun73.5 light-years (22.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 43.9140°, Dec 26.8724°
ConstellationAries

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 18143 b10.3 days0.0880 AU3.28 R⊕ estimated10.806 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2022
HD 18143 c79.3 years17.530 AU12.5 R⊕ estimated3177.6 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2022

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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