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Star LP 890-9

Red dwarf LP 890-9 is located 105 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M5 D, that has 12 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.
Sun distance
105 light years

LP 890-9

Red dwarf (spectral class M5 D)

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 4h 16m 31.167s
Declination iconDeclination: -28° 18' 52.954'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 30.933
Distance iconSun distance: 105.441 ly | 32.3 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 11.8 % M Sun | 124 M Jupiter
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Size: 15.6 % R Sun | 1.5 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 2850.0 K | 0.49 T Sun
time iconAge: 7.2 billions years | 1.57 Sun

2 exoplanets

LP 890-9 b 0.02 AU 13.2 M 1.3 R 2.7 days
LP 890-9 c 0.04 AU 25.3 M 1.4 R 8.5 days

Photometry

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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
More about LP 890-9
Star LP 890-9 is approximately 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 2850.0 K (2577 °C), which is about 49 % of Sun's temperature.
      LP 890-9 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere. 
Other designations of this star
2MASS J04163114-2818526, TIC 44898913, WISEA J041631.33-281855.5, Gaia DR3 4886243456388510720, TOI-4306, SPECULOOS-2
External sources
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Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf
Scientific study, Accepted: 06. 09. 2022
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Simbad database (LP 890-9)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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TESS database (TOI 4306.01)
Archive from the TESS mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
Red dwarfs are small reddish stars, that are by far the most common type of star in solar neighborhood. Their mass is usually between 10 and 50 % of solar mass.
News from this star system
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Discovery of 2 exoplanets orbiting very cold star LP 890-9

Astronomers discovered 2 new exoplanets orbiting a very cold star LP 890-9. One of the exoplanets seems to be in the habitable zone of the star, and therefore is a very interesting target for future observations. The star LP 890-9 is currently the second coldest star with known exoplanets.

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