HD 156846

HD 156846
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Ophiuchus
Right ascension 17h 20m 34.3100s
Declination –19° 20 01.486
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.51
Distance160 ly
(49 pc)
Spectral typeG0V
Other designations
BD-19°4605, GC 23420, HIP 84856, HR 6441, SAO 160474
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
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HD 156846 is a G-type main sequence star of magnitude 6.5, located approximately 160 light-years away in the Ophiuchus constellation. The star has an M4 companion and a planet.

Planetary system

On 26 October 2007, a planet HD 156846 b was found by Tamuz using the radial velocity method.[1]

The HD 156846 planetary system[1]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥10.45 ± 0.05 MJ 0.9930 359.51 ± 0.09 0.8472 ± 0.0016

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Coordinates: 17h 20m 34.3100s, −19° 20′ 01.486″


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