HD 189733

Planetary system · 64.5 light-years away · also HD 189733, HIP 98505

HD 189733 is 64.5 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K2 V star; the first was found in 2005 by radial velocity (Haute-Provence Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 189733 b goes round its star every 2.22 days, 40 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HD 189733 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 typeK2 V
Surface temperature5,052 K
Mass0.79 solar masses
Radius0.75 solar radii
Luminosity0.3458 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.67
Ageabout 1.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun64.5 light-years (19.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 300.1821°, Dec 22.7098°
ConstellationVulpecula

The other star

HD 189733 B is a M4V star of magnitude 14.7, judged a true companion. In 2021 it was 11.3″ from HD 189733, at position angle 244° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 20007+2243 BAK 1 AB): 223 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 189733 b2.22 days0.0313 AU12.666 R⊕359.15 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2005

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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