HD 147018

HD 147018
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Triangulum Australe
Right ascension 16h 23m 00.14702s
Declination −61° 41 19.5629
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.30
Characteristics
Spectral type G8/K0V
Apparent magnitude (B) 9.063
Apparent magnitude (J) 6.963±0.023
Apparent magnitude (H) 6.640±0.044
Apparent magnitude (K) 6.571±0.021
B−V color index 0.763±0.002
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−27.5±0.3 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −177.498 mas/yr
Dec.: −316.244 mas/yr
Parallax (π)24.7079±0.0434 mas
Distance132.0 ± 0.2 ly
(40.47 ± 0.07 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.14
Details
Mass0.927±0.031 M
Radius0.94±0.02 R
Luminosity0.712±0.002 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.38±0.16 cgs
Temperature5,441±55 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.10±0.05 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.56 km/s
Age6.36±4.33 Gyr
Other designations
CD−61°5387, CPD−61°5655, HIP 80250, SAO 253526, LTT 6522, NLTT 42574
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

HD 147018 is a star in the southern constellation of Triangulum Australe. It has a yellow-orange hue with an apparent visual magnitude of 8.30, which is too faint to be seen with the naked eye but can be viewed with a small telescope. The star is located at a distance of 132 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −27.5 km/s.

The stellar classification of HD 147018 is G8/K0V or G9V, matching a late G-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. It is roughly six billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 1.56 km/s. The star has 93% of the mass of the Sun and 94% of the Sun's radius. The metallicity, or abundance of heavier elements, is higher than in the Sun. The star is radiating 71% of the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,441 K.

In August 2009, two extrasolar planets, HD 147018 b and HD 147018 c, were reported to be orbiting this star. The planets were found using the radial velocity method, using the CORALIE spectrograph at La Silla Observatory, Chile.

The HD 147018 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥2.12±0.07 MJ 0.2388±0.0039 44.236±0.008 0.4686±0.0081
c ≥6.56±0.32 MJ 1.922±0.039 1,008±18 0.133±0.011