BD−11 4672
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BD−11 4672 is a single K-type main-sequence star in the southern constellation Scutum, too faint for naked-eye viewing at magnitude 9.99. It hosts two confirmed exoplanets: a gas giant discovered in 2014 and a second, interior planet on an eccentric orbit near the inner edge of the habitable zone, detected in 2020.
Quick Facts
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Apparent visual magnitude
- 9.99
- Distance from sun
- 89 light-years
- Radial velocity
- −87.5 km/s
- Stellar classification
- K7 V
- Mass relative to sun
- 0.65
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- Wikipedia: BD−11 4672 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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