HD 39091

Planetary system · 59.6 light-years away · also HD 39091, HIP 26394

HD 39091 is 59.6 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this G0 V star; the first was found in 2001 by radial velocity (Anglo-Australian Telescope).

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Worth knowing

pi Men c goes round its star every 6.27 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,998 K
Mass1.07 solar masses
Radius1.17 solar radii
Luminosity1.444 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude5.65
Ageabout 3.92 billion years
Distance from the Sun59.6 light-years (18.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 84.2993°, Dec -80.4646°
ConstellationMensa

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
pi Men c6.27 days0.0684 AU2.0189 R⊕3.63 M⊕Transit, 2018
pi Men d124.6 days0.506 AU3.72 R⊕ estimated13.38 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2022
HD 39091 b5.7 years3.280 AU12.3 R⊕ estimated4481.4 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2001

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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