Temperature
7920 K
7920 to 9770
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Stellar HostProfile
AB Aur
Unclassified star • 162.1 pc
Records
2
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
3
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 96680681
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: TICv8 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.90 Msun
1.90 to 2.40
Radius
2.96 Rsun
single adopted value
Luminosity
1.49 log(Lsun)
1.49 to 1.77
Distance
162.1 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 2.96 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
AB Aur
2.96 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
AB Aur b
Imaging
◌
Discovery
2022
Period
—
Radius
—
Mass
2860.5 M⊕
Eq. Temp
—
AB Aur and Its Planet
AB Aur is a star located 529 light-years away. It has 1.9 solar masses, a radius of 2.96 solar radii, and a temperature of 7920 K. Its mass, radius, and temperature are all greater than the Sun's. One planet has been found orbiting this star.
That planet is AB Aur b, discovered by imaging in 2022. Its mass is 2860 Earth masses, which is larger than Earth's and roughly 9 times Jupiter's mass. No orbital period is reported for AB Aur b.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Stellar refs
2
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusstable
Agestable
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitystable
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7920 | 1.90 | 2.96 | — | 1.49 | — | 162.1 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 9770 | 2.40 | — | 3.00e-3 | 1.77 | — | 162.1 | Currie et al. 2022 | TICv8 |