HD 7924

Planetary system · 55.4 light-years away · also HD 7924, HIP 6379

HD 7924 is 55.4 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this K0.5 V star; the first was found in 2008 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).

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Worth knowing

HD 7924 b goes round its star every 5.40 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK0.5 V
Surface temperature5,131 K
Mass0.65 solar masses
Radius0.78 solar radii
Luminosity0.3923 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.17896
Ageabout 0.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun55.4 light-years (17.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 20.4957°, Dec 76.7101°
ConstellationCassiopeia

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 7924 b5.40 days0.0600 AU—2058.3 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2008
HD 7924 c15.3 days0.113 AU—1762.7 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2015
HD 7924 d24.5 days0.155 AU—1568.2 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2015

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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