HD 21693

Planetary system · 108.5 light-years away · also HD 21693, HIP 16085

HD 21693 is 108 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G8 V star; the first was found in 2019 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 21693 b goes round its star every 22.7 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG8 V
Surface temperature5,430 K
Mass0.8 solar masses
Radius0.914378 solar radii
Luminosity0.62 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.95
Distance from the Sun108.5 light-years (33.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 51.8040°, Dec -58.3233°
ConstellationReticulum

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 21693 b22.7 days0.145 AU2.8 R⊕ estimated8.23 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2019
HD 21693 c53.7 days0.259 AU4.34 R⊕ estimated17.37 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2019

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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