HD 215456

HD 215456
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Grus
Right ascension 22h 46m 08.03550s[1]
Declination −48° 58′ 43.7580″[1]
Spectral typeG0.5V [1]
Other designations
CD−49 13955, FK5 6008, HD 215456, HIP 112414, SAO 231285[1]

HD 215456 is a star in the constellation Grus. With an apparent magnitude of 6.63, it is actually a yellow sunlike star located around 124 light-years distant from Earth.[1] It has two planets that are around 32 and 76 times as massive as the earth that have periods of just under 192 and 2226 days respectively. These were detected by the HARPS survey in 2011.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 SIMBAD, LTT 9179 -- High proper-motion Star (accessed 20 January 2014)
  2. ↑ Mayor, M.; et al. (2011). "The HARPS Search for Southern Extra-solar Planets XXXIV. Occurrence, Mass Distribution and Orbital Properties of Super-Earths and Neptune-mass Planets". arXiv:1109.2497 [astro-ph.EP].
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