HD 187123

Planetary system · 149.9 light-years away · also HD 187123, HIP 97336

HD 187123 is 150 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G3 V star; the first was found in 1998 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 187123 b goes round its star every 3.10 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG3 V
Surface temperature5,790 K
Mass1.04 solar masses
Radius1.15043 solar radii
Luminosity1.34 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.83
Ageabout 7.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun149.9 light-years (46.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.7429°, Dec 34.4190°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 187123 b3.10 days0.0426 AU14.2 R⊕ estimated166.22 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 1998
HD 187123 c10.4 years4.890 AU13.2 R⊕ estimated912.17 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2008

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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