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HD 159868

G5 V • 55.85 pc

Records

13

literature rows

Planets

2

system count

References

14

distinct source labels

HIP: HIP 86375TIC: TIC 248320609HD: HD 159868

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from all rows

Numeric fields use the median of non-null measurements. Disagreement stays visible through ranges, counts, and provenance.

Temperature

5558 K

5534 to 5630

8 values • 5 distinct

Mass

1.09 Msun

0.92 to 1.42

7 values • 7 distinct

Radius

2.03 Rsun

1.78 to 2.13

5 values • 5 distinct

Age

7.57 Gyr

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminosity

0.54 log(Lsun)

0.49 to 0.56

4 values • 4 distinct

Distance

55.85 pc

single adopted value

13 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

G5 V

Multiple classifications reported

G5 V (2), G5 (1)

Planets

2

Stable across source rows

2

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 2.03 R☉ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

HD 159868

2.03 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

2 planets linked to this host

HD 159868 c

Radial Velocity

Discovery

2012

Period

352.3 days

Radius

Mass

232.0 M⊕

Eq. Temp

HD 159868 b

Radial Velocity

Discovery

2006

Period

1178.4 days

Radius

Mass

797.8 M⊕

Eq. Temp

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

13

Stellar refs

13

System refs

1

Distancestable

13 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

13 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

8 values • 5 distinct

Massdisputed

7 values • 7 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Agestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositydisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

7 values • 6 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

6 values • 4 distinct

Spectral Typedisputed

3 values • 2 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
55.85Valenti & Fischer 2005TICv8
55.85Henry et al. 1996TICv8
G555.85Cannon & Pickering 1918TICv8
5576.52.030.5655.85Gaia DR2TICv8
55340.972.060.5655.85TICv8TICv8
55581.1655.85Mortier et al. 2013TICv8
55661.421.9755.85Stassun et al. 2017TICv8
55580.920.4955.85Sousa et al. 2008TICv8
56301.081.787.570.5355.85Jofré et al. 2015TICv8
55.85Nordstrom et al. 2004TICv8
55341.192.1355.85Luhn et al. 2019TICv8
55581.09G5 V55.85Wittenmyer et al. 2012TICv8
G5 V55.85Michigan Catalog, Vol. 2TICv8