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TOI 406
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Star TOI 406

Red dwarf TOI 406 is located 101 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3, that has 41 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.
Sun distance
101 light years

TOI 406

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M3

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 3h 17m 3.037s
Declination iconDeclination: -42° 14' 39.143'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 32.354
Distance iconSun distance: 100.807 ly | 30.9 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 40.8 % M Sun | 427 M Jupiter
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Size: 41 % R Sun | 4.1 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3392 K | 0.59 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.0193 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 13.8
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 11.3
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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).

TOI 406 system structure

TOI 406
TOI 406 b 0.03 AU 2.1 M 1.3 R 3.3 days
TOI 406 c 0.08 AU 6.6 M 2.1 R 13.2 days
More about TOI 406
Star TOI 406 is approximately 40 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3392 K (3119 °C), which is about 59 % of Sun's temperature.
       TOI 406 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
LP 994-91, TIC 153065527, 2MASS J03170297-4214323, Gaia DR3 4851053999056603904
External sources
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Simbad database (LP 994-91)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia DR3 4851053999056603904)
Archive from the Gaia mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
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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.
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