HD 4308

Planetary system · 71.8 light-years away · also HD 4308, HIP 3497

HD 4308 is 71.8 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G5V star; the first was found in 2005 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 4308 b goes round its star every 15.6 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG5V
Surface temperature5,686 K
Mass0.93 solar masses
Radius1.02 solar radii
Luminosity0.9908 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude6.55
Ageabout 4.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun71.8 light-years (22.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 11.1653°, Dec -65.6527°
ConstellationTucana

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 4308 b15.6 days0.120 AU4.12 R⊕ estimated15.892 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2005

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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