Temperature
10500 K
9181.5 to 10500
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HD 100546
B9 Vne • 109.7 pc
Records
5
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
6
distinct source labels
HIP: HIP 56379HD: HD 100546TIC: TIC 280773136
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Quanz et al. 2015 • System source: TICv8
Mass
2.40 Msun
2.40 to 2.66
Age
5.50e-3 Gyr
single adopted value
Luminosity
1.50 log(Lsun)
1.50 to 1.55
Distance
109.7 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
B9 Vne
Multiple classifications reported
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
HD 100546 b
Imaging
◌
Discovery
2014
Period
—
Radius
77.34 R⊕
Mass
2701.5 M⊕
Eq. Temp
—
HD 100546 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet
HD 100546 is a B9 Vne star located 358 light-years away. It is very young, with an age of 0.0055 billion years, a mass of 2.4 solar masses, and a temperature of 10500 K. Its reported mass estimate is larger than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is hotter than the Sun's. One planet orbits this host.
HD 100546 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered by imaging in 2014. Its mass is 2700 Earth masses, roughly 8.5 times Jupiter's mass. Its radius is 77.3 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. No orbital period is reported for HD 100546 b. The planet's mean density is 0.0322 g/cm³, 0.00584 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Stellar refs
5
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusstable
Agestable
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitystable
Spectral Typedisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10331 | 2.66 | 1.85 | — | 1.55 | — | 109.7 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | B9 | 109.7 | Cannon & Pickering 1918 | TICv8 |
| 9181.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 109.7 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 10500 | 2.40 | — | 5.50e-3 | 1.50 | B9 Vne | 109.7 | Quanz et al. 2015 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | B9 VNE | 109.7 | Michigan Catalog, Vol. 1 | TICv8 |