HD 63935

Planetary system · 159.7 light-years away · also HD 63935, HIP 38374

HD 63935 is 160 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,513 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

HD 63935 b goes round its star every 9.06 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,513 K
Mass0.9406 solar masses
Radius0.9598 solar radii
Luminosity0.768 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude8.58
Ageabout 6.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun159.7 light-years (49.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 117.9246°, Dec 9.3852°
ConstellationCanis Minor

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 63935 b9.06 days0.0830 AU2.9158 R⊕10.5 M⊕Transit, 2021
HD 63935 c21.4 days0.148 AU3.0645 R⊕11.1 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2021

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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