HD 93963 A

Planetary system · 268.6 light-years away · also HD 93963 A

HD 93963 A is 269 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G0 V star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)).

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Worth knowing

HD 93963 A b goes round its star every 24.9 hours, 85 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

HD 93963 A is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,908 K
Mass1.0844 solar masses
Radius1.0311 solar radii
Luminosity1.169 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.182
Ageabout 1.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun268.6 light-years (82.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 162.7767°, Dec 25.6411°
ConstellationLeo Minor

The other star

HD 93963 B has no spectral type listed of magnitude 16.9, moving through space with it. In 2016 it was 5.9″ from HD 93963 A, at position angle 125° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 10511+2538 TOI1797): 486 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
HD 93963 A b24.9 hours0.0206 AU1.4695 R⊕2.8 M⊕Transit, 2022
HD 93963 A c3.65 days0.0473 AU3.1198 R⊕18.4 M⊕Transit, 2022

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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