HD 27894

Planetary system · 142.9 light-years away · also HD 27894, HIP 20277

HD 27894 is 143 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this K2 V star; the first was found in 2005 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 27894 b goes round its star every 18.0 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK2 V
Surface temperature4,875 K
Mass0.81 solar masses
Radius0.891767 solar radii
Luminosity0.3556 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.36
Ageabout 3.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun142.9 light-years (43.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 65.1976°, Dec -59.4097°
ConstellationReticulum

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 27894 b18.0 days0.125 AU14.1 R⊕ estimated196.74 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2005
HD 27894 c36.1 days0.198 AU8.24 R⊕ estimated51.488 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2017
HD 27894 d13.7 years5.362 AU12.7 R⊕ estimated2063.7 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2017

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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