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Radial velocity · 2022

HD 115404 A c

This world receives 435× less starlight than Earth; a year lasts 41.9 years; the light you see left it 36 years ago.

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Size
1.1 × Jupiterestimated
A year
41.9 years11.4 AU
Temperature
−212 °C61 K

About this world

HD 115404 A c is a gas giant orbiting HD 115404 A, an orange dwarf (type K2V) 35.8 light-years from Earth. It is about 1.1 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 10 Jupiter masses. It completes an orbit every 41.9 years at 11 AU from its star, on a strongly elongated orbit (e = 0.21).

Its equilibrium temperature is about 61 K (−212 °C): too cold for liquid water on its surface. At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.

It was discovered in 2022 by radial velocity with Multiple Observatories. The star wobbles toward and away from us, Doppler-shifting its spectrum. HD 115404 A has 2 known planets; the others are HD 115404 A b.

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