BD−08°2823
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BD−08°2823 is a K-type main-sequence star in Sextans with two confirmed planets. At apparent magnitude 9.86, it is too faint for naked-eye viewing and lies 135 light-years away. The star is smaller, cooler, and less massive than the Sun, with an active chromosphere and a rotation period of about 27 days. Its two planets were detected in 2009 via radial velocity measurements with the HARPS spectrograph.
Quick Facts
- Apparent visual magnitude
- 9.86
- Distance
- 135 light-years
- Radial velocity
- +53 km/s
- Stellar classification
- K4:V
- Effective temperature
- 4,746 K
- Luminosity
- 24% of the Sun
- Inner planet minimum mass
- 14.4 Earth masses
- Outer planet minimum mass
- at least one third the mass of Jupiter
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- Wikipedia: BD−08°2823 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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