HD 48948 is 55.1 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this K3 V star; the first was found in 2024 by radial velocity (Roque de los Muchachos Observatory).
Fly there in 3DHD 48948 b goes round its star every 7.34 days, 12 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | K3 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,593 K |
| Mass | 0.686 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.679 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.1626 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 8.58 |
| Age | about 11.48 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 55.1 light-years (16.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 102.4898°, Dec 60.3373° |
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 48948 b | 7.34 days | 0.0652 AU | 2.06 R⊕ estimated | 4.88 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2024 |
| HD 48948 c | 38.1 days | 0.195 AU | 2.6 R⊕ estimated | 7.27 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2024 |
| HD 48948 d | 151.9 days | 0.489 AU | 3.24 R⊕ estimated | 10.59 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2024 |
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.