HD 87816 is 435 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this K0 III star; the first was found in 2025 by radial velocity (La Silla Observatory).
Fly there in 3DHD 87816 c takes 20.8 years to go round its star once.
| Spectral type | K0 III |
| Surface temperature | 4,989 K |
| Mass | 2.41 solar masses |
| Radius | 9 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 45.2 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 6.5 |
| Distance from the Sun | 434.6 light-years (133.2 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 151.5297°, Dec -52.1879° |
| Constellation | Vela |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 87816 b | 484.2 days | 1.618 AU | 12.7 R⊕ estimated | 2142.2 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2025 |
| HD 87816 c | 20.8 years | 10.140 AU | 12.4 R⊕ estimated | 3877.5 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2025 |
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.