Stars with Exoplanets: HR 1988 (original) (raw)

The subgiant HR 1988 (or HD 38529) features 2 known companions with excentric orbits. A planet with at least 0.78 times the mass of Jupiter orbits the star very close in a distance of 0.09 - 0.17 AU. Further outside in a distance of 2.4 - 5.0 AU is either a giant planet or a brown dwarf with at least 12.7 Jupiter masses.

Constellation: Orion
Distance: 138 light-years
Spectral class: G4
Visual magnitude: 5.95
Luminosity: 6,5 * Sun
Mass: 1.4 * Sun

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Photo: ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey