Star PDS 70

Subgiant PDS 70 is located 370 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class K7IVe C, that has 76 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

PDS 70

Subgiant (spectral class K7IVe C)

Location

Right ascension: 14h 8m 10.156s

Declination: -41° 23' 52.577'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 8.816

Sun distance: 369.963 ly | 113.4 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 76 % M Sun

Size: 126 % R Sun

Temperature: 3972 K | 0.69 T Sun

Age: 0.0054 billions years | 0 Sun

Luminosity: 0.35 L Sun

3 exoplanets

PDS 70 b	22.7 AU	2225.3 M⊕	19.6 R⊕	45108 days
PDS 70 c	30.2 AU	1398.8 M⊕		-
PDS 70 disc	40 AU			-

More about PDS 70

Star PDS 70 is is approximately 26 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3972 K (3699 °C), which is about 69 % of Sun's temperature.

      PDS 70 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere.

Other designations of this star
V1032 Cen, 2MASS J14081015-4123525, IRAS 14050−4109, CD-40 8434, DENIS J140810.1-412352, TIC 179413040, WISE J140810.13-412352.7

External sources

The American Astronomical Society, find out more The Institute of Physics, find out more The Chemical Inventory of the Planet-hosting Disk PDS 70

Scientific study, 11. 08. 2021

Discovery of a planetary-mass companion within the gap of the transition disk around PDS 70

Scientific study,

A Circumplanetary Disk Around PDS 70c

Scientific study, 22. 07. 2021

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Star PDS 70

PDS 70

Location

Basic characteristic

3 exoplanets

Composition of the disc around young star PDS 70, where new exoplanets are being created