HD 167042

HD 167042
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Draco
Right ascension 18h 10m 31.6403s
Declination +54° 17 11.588
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.97
Distance163 ly
(50 pc)
Spectral typeK1III
Other designations
BD+54°1950, GC 24820, HIP 89017, HR 6817, LTT 15382, SAO 30784
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 167042 is a 6th magnitude K-type giant star located approximately 163 light-years away in Draco constellation. It has mass of 1.64 times that of the Sun and the age is only 2.2 billion years old. When this star was a main sequence, it was white mid to late A-type star based on its mass.

Planetary system

On 28 November 2007, a preprint of the discovery of the planet HD 167042 b was posted to the arXiv server. The peer reviewed paper was then published in The Astrophysical Journal on 1 March 2008.[1] The discovery was later independently confirmed.[2]

The HD 167042 planetary system[1]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b >1.7 MJ 1.30 412.6 ± 4 0.027 ± 0.04

See also

References

Coordinates: 18h 10m 31.6403s, +54° 17′ 11.588″


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