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HD 40956

K0 • 116.6 pc

Records

5

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

6

distinct source labels

HD: HD 40956HIP: HIP 28951TIC: TIC 71099944

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

4919.9 K

4869 to 5092

3 values • 3 distinct

Mass

2 Msun

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Radius

8.74 Rsun

8.56 to 8.81

3 values • 3 distinct

Age

1.35 Gyr

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminosity

1.63 log(Lsun)

1.61 to 1.66

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

116.6 pc

single adopted value

5 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

K0

Consistent across records

K0 (2)

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

HD 40956 b

Radial Velocity

Discovery

2017

Period

578.6 days

Radius

Mass

858.1 M⊕

Eq. Temp

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

5

Stellar refs

5

System refs

1

Distancestable

5 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Agestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Metallicitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Typestable

2 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
4919.98.741.61116.6Gaia DR2TICv8
50928.81116.6TICv8TICv8
486928.561.351.66116.6Jeong et al. 2018TICv8
K0116.6van Leeuwen et al. 2007TICv8
K0116.6Cannon & Pickering 1918TICv8