Lambda2 Fornacis
Binary star with a solar-analog primary and a confirmed exoplanet.
Lambda2 Fornacis is the primary of a binary star system in Fornax, visible as a dim, yellow-hued point of light. It is a G-type main-sequence star and a solar analog, orbited by a low-mass extrasolar planet and a faint red dwarf companion.
Quick Facts
- Apparent visual magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 83 light years
- Radial velocity
- +11.1 km/s
- Stellar classification
- G1V
- Effective temperature
- 5,829 K
- Metallicity
- 55% higher than solar
- Companion spectral type
- M5–M6
- Planet orbital period
- 17.25 days
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