HD 25912

Planetary system · 160.4 light-years away · also HD 25912

HD 25912 is 160 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,921 K star; the first was found in 2022 by radial velocity (Multiple Observatories).

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Worth knowing

HD 25912 b goes round its star every 41.8 days, 2.1 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,921 K
Mass1.08 solar masses
Radius0.995896 solar radii
Luminosity1.098 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.2
Distance from the Sun160.4 light-years (49.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 60.9075°, Dec -51.9315°
ConstellationDorado

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 25912 b41.8 days0.242 AU6.9 R⊕ estimated38.139 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2022
HD 25912 c72.0 years17.848 AU12.2 R⊕ estimated5252.8 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2022

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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