HD 137388

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HD 137388 / Karaka
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation
Apus
Right ascension 15h 35m 39.921s[1]
Declination −80° 12′ 16.54″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.70[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage subgiant
Spectral type K2IV[3] or K0/K1V[4]
B−V color index 0.891±0.017[5]
Distance
132.2 ± 0.2 ly
(40.53 ± 0.05 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.75[5]
Details
Gyr
HIP 76351, 2MASS J15353994-8012164[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 137388 is an orange-hued

light years from the Sun based on parallax. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +26 km/s, having come as close as 52.9 light-years some 1.2 million years ago.[5] It has an absolute magnitude of 5.75.[5]

The

Planetary system

Radial velocity studies indicate that it has a planet, originally named HD 137388 b (mass 0.223 MJ, period 330d). It orbits at a typical distance of 0.89 AU with an eccentricity of 0.36,

IAU in the same contest that named its parent star.[8]

The HD 137388 planetary system[9]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b (Kererū)
0.223±0.029 MJ 0.89±0.02 330.0±4.0 0.36±0.12 86.0±35.0°

References