HD 60532

Planetary system · 84.7 light-years away · also HD 60532, HIP 36795

HD 60532 is 84.7 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this F6 IV star; the first was found in 2008 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 60532 c takes 600.1 days to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeF6 IV
Surface temperature6,245 K
Mass1.5 solar masses
Radius2.57 solar radii
Luminosity10.02 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude4.44
Ageabout 2.8 billion years
Distance from the Sun84.7 light-years (26.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 113.5131°, Dec -22.2959°
ConstellationPuppis

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 60532 b201.9 days0.770 AU13.8 R⊕ estimated336.9 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2008
HD 60532 c600.1 days1.600 AU13.3 R⊕ estimated797.75 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2008

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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