HD 86226

Planetary system · 149.0 light-years away · also HD 86226, HIP 48739

HD 86226 is 149 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G1 V star; the first was found in 2009 by radial velocity (Las Campanas Observatory).

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HD 86226 c goes round its star every 3.98 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG1 V
Surface temperature5,863 K
Mass1.019 solar masses
Radius1.053 solar radii
Luminosity1.18 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude7.93
Ageabout 4.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun149.0 light-years (45.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 149.1235°, Dec -24.0992°
ConstellationHydra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 86226 c3.98 days0.0490 AU2.16 R⊕7.25 M⊕Transit, 2020
HD 86226 b4.5 years2.730 AU14.3 R⊕ estimated143.02 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2009

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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