HD 20794

Planetary system · 19.6 light-years away · also HD 20794, HIP 15510

HD 20794 is 19.6 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this G6 V star; the first was found in 2011 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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HD 20794 b goes round its star every 18.3 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG6 V
Surface temperature5,368 K
Mass0.79 solar masses
Radius0.93 solar radii
Luminosity0.6869 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude4.26
Ageabout 5.76 billion years
Distance from the Sun19.6 light-years (6.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 49.9998°, Dec -43.0667°
ConstellationEridanus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 20794 b18.3 days0.126 AU1.45 R⊕ estimated2.7 M⊕ estimatedRadial Velocity, 2011
HD 20794 d89.7 days0.362 AU2.04 R⊕ estimated4.8 M⊕ estimatedRadial Velocity, 2011
HD 20794 e disputed147.0 days0.509 AU2.03 R⊕ estimated4.77 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017
HD 20794 f647.6 days1.354 AU2.28 R⊕ estimated5.82 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2025

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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