HD 122430

HD 122430
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Hydra
Right ascension 14h 02m 22.7815s
Declination −27° 25 47.183
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.48
Distance440 ly
(135 pc)
Spectral typeK3III
Other designations
CD-26° 10060, GC 18954, GCRV 8247, HIP 68581, HR 5265, SAO 182182
Database references
SIMBADdata
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data

HD 122430 is an orange giant star about 440 light years away in the constellation of Hydra on the celestial sphere. The star has completely run out of the hydrogen fuel that keeps it stable, although its age is only 3.1 billion years old, younger than the Sun’s 4.6 billion years. HD 122430 has a mass of 1.4 times and radius of 22.9 times that of the Sun. Despite its younger age, it has slightly lower metallicity, approximately 90%. The temperature of its surface (photosphere) is approximately 4300 kelvins.[1]

The HD 122430 planetary system[2]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b >3.71 MJ 1.02 344.95 ± 1.08 0.68 ± 0.09

See also

References

  1. da Silva, L.; et al. (November 2006), "Basic physical parameters of a selected sample of evolved stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 458 (2): 609–623, arXiv:astro-ph/0608160, Bibcode:2006A&A...458..609D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065105
  2. Setiawan, J. (October 2003). Planets around evolved stars. Proceedings of the Conference on Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets, 22-25 April 2003, Heidelberg, Germany. Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. pp. 595–598. Bibcode:2003ESASP.539..595S. ISBN 92-9092-849-2.


Coordinates: 14h 02m 22.7815s, −27° 25′ 47.183″

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