HD 22496

Planetary system · 44.3 light-years away · also HD 22496, HIP 16711

HD 22496 is 44.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K5/M0V star; the first was found in 2021 by radial velocity (Paranal Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 22496 b goes round its star every 5.09 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK5/M0V
Surface temperature4,385 K
Mass0.684 solar masses
Radius0.674 solar radii
Luminosity0.067 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.57
Distance from the Sun44.3 light-years (13.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 53.7565°, Dec -48.4178°
ConstellationHorologium

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 22496 b5.09 days0.0510 AU2.22 R⊕ estimated5.57 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2021

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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