HD 129445 is a G type star found in the Circinus constellation located approximately 220 light-years away from the Sun based on parallax.[1] It is invisible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 8.80.[2] The star has been under the Magellan Planet Search Program observation due to its absolute visual magnitude and high metallicity. The Magellan program conducted 17 doppler velocity tests, which spans a full orbital period. The results led the program to detect a planet dubbed HD 129445 b whose readings was accurate to the Keplerian orbital model.[7][8][9]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | ≥1.6 ± 0.6 MJ | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 1,840 ± 55 | 0.70 ± 0.10 | — | — |
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Circinus |
| Right ascension | 14h 46m 03.06494s[1] |
| Declination | –68° 45′ 45.8766″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.80[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G6V[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 9.556[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 7.531±0.023[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (H) | 7.243±0.027[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 7.167±0.026[2] |
| B−V color index | 0.756±0.002[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +8.38±0.24[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: –197.786[1] mas/yr Dec.: –57.261[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 14.7995 ± 0.0350 mas[1] |
| Distance | 220.4 ± 0.5 ly (67.6 ± 0.2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 4.73[2] |
| Details[4] | |
| Mass | 1.06+0.03 −0.05 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.18±0.01[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1.229+0.005 −0.004[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.39±0.08 cgs |
| Temperature | 5,605+21 −34[1] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.36±0.10 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.4[5] km/s |
| Age | 4.94+3.77 −2.04 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Exoplanet Archive | data |
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data |
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