HD 39855

Planetary system · 75.9 light-years away · also HD 39855, HIP 27922 A

HD 39855 is 75.9 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G8 V star; the first was found in 2019 by radial velocity (Las Campanas Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 39855 b goes round its star every 3.25 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG8 V
Surface temperature5,576 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.744665 solar radii
Luminosity0.4828 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.51
Distance from the Sun75.9 light-years (23.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 88.6261°, Dec -19.7044°
ConstellationLepus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 39855 b3.25 days0.0410 AU2.85 R⊕ estimated8.5 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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