HD 47186 is a star located approximately 129 light-years away in the constellation of Canis Major. It is a G6V star with the characteristics very similar to the Sun, but it is 1.7 times more metal-rich. In 2008, two extrasolar planets were discovered orbiting the star.
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Canis Major |
Right ascension | 06h 36m 08.78792s[1] |
Declination | −27° 37′ 20.2669″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.63[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G6V[3] |
B−V color index | 0.714±0.002[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 4.26±0.16[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 21.586[1] mas/yr Dec.: −262.948[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 26.6680 ± 0.0327 mas[1] |
Distance | 122.3 ± 0.1 ly (37.50 ± 0.05 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 4.64[2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.05±0.01[4] M☉ |
Radius | 1.12±0.01[4] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1.219±0.005[4] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.35±0.01[4] cgs |
Temperature | 5,736±21[4] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.23[5] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.953[5] km/s |
Age | 5.5±0.6[4] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data |
Announced in June 2008, two extrasolar planets were discovered orbiting the star. Both planets are less massive than Jupiter. The inner planet HD 47186 b orbits close to the star and is termed a “hot Neptune”. The outer planet HD 47186 c orbits in a similar distance from the star as the asteroid Vesta, at around 2.4 AU. The inner planet orbits in a circular path while the outer planet orbits in an eccentric path.[7]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | ≥0.07167 MJ | 0.050 | 4.0845 ± 0.0002 | 0.038 ± 0.020 | — | — |
c | ≥0.35061 MJ | 2.395 | 1353.6 ± 57.1 | 0.249 ± 0.073 | — | — |
HD 47186 system | |
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