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Star p Eridani

Binary star p Eridani is located 27 light years away from the Sun. It consists of 2 orange star stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
27 light years
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p Eridani A

Orange star, High proper motion star
Spectral class: K2 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 1h 39m 48.324s
Declination iconDeclination: -56° 11' 35.705'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 122.109
Distance iconSun distance: 26.71 ly | 8.2 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 88 % M Sun | 922 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 79 % R Sun | 7.9 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 5045 K | 0.87 T Sun
time iconAge: 4.8 billions years | 1.04 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.36 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 5.7
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 6.1
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10
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20
25
30
35
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).

p Eridani B

Orange star, High proper motion star
Spectral class: K2 V

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 86 % M Sun | 901 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 60 % R Sun | 6 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 5096 K | 0.88 T Sun
time iconAge: 4.8 billions years | 1.04 Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 5.8
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 6.2
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
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).

p Eridani system structure

p Eridani A
p Eridani B
More about p Eridani
       p Eridani can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye.
Other designations of this star
HR 487, HD 10361, LTT 902, p Eri B, 6 Eri, Gliese 66, GJ 66, CD−56°328, GCTP 352.00, SAO 232490, WDS 01398-5612, DUN 5, HIP 7751, HIC 7751, HR 486, HD 10360, LTT 903, * p Eri A, Gaia EDR3 4911306239828325632
External sources
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Simbad database (* p Eri B)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 4911306239828325760)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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