Temperature
6516 K
6473.8 to 6798
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HD 106906
F5 V โข 103.0 pc
Records
7
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
8
distinct source labels
HIP: HIP 59960HD: HD 106906TIC: TIC 390472975
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: Bailey et al. 2014 โข System source: TICv8
Mass
1.50 Msun
1.32 to 1.50
Age
0.01 Gyr
single adopted value
Luminosity
0.75 log(Lsun)
0.75 to 0.85
Distance
103.0 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
F5 V
Multiple classifications reported
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
HD 106906 b
Imaging
โ
Discovery
2013
Period
โ
Radius
โ
Mass
3496 Mโ
Eq. Temp
1800 K
HD 106906 and Its Young Planet
HD 106906 is a star 336 light-years away with one known planet. The host is an F5 V star, a main-sequence dwarf of the F temperature class, and it is very young at 0.013 billion years old. Its mass is 1.5 solar masses, larger than the Sun's, and its temperature of 6520 K is hotter than the Sun's.
The single planet, HD 106906 b, was discovered by imaging in 2013. Its mass is 3500 Earth masses, roughly 11 times Jupiter's mass and larger than Earth's. No orbital period is reported for HD 106906 b.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Stellar refs
7
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agestable
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable
Spectral Typedisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6473.8 | 1.32 | 2.12 | โ | 0.85 | โ | 103.0 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | F5 | 103.0 | Cannon & Pickering 1918 | TICv8 |
| 6484.1 | โ | 2.03 | โ | 0.82 | โ | 103.0 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 6516 | 1.50 | โ | 0.01 | 0.75 | F5 V | 103.0 | Bailey et al. 2014 | TICv8 |
| 6798 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | 103.0 | Swastik et al. 2021 | TICv8 |
| โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | F5 V | 103.0 | Michigan Catalog, Vol. 1 | TICv8 |
| โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | 103.0 | Nordstrom et al. 2004 | TICv8 |