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HD 6860

M0 III • 61.12 pc

Records

2

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

3

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 174500619HD: HD 6860HIP: HIP 5447

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: Lee et al. 2023 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

3802 K

3800.2 to 3802

2 values • 2 distinct

Mass

2.49 Msun

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Radius

86.40 Rsun

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminosity

3.22 log(Lsun)

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Distance

61.12 pc

single adopted value

2 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

M0 III

Consistent across records

M0 III (1)

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 86.40 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

HD 6860

86.40 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

HD 6860 b

Radial Velocity

◌

Discovery

2023

Period

663.9 days

Radius

—

Mass

8981.8 M⊕

Eq. Temp

—

HD 6860 b: A Giant Planet Orbiting a Cool Giant Star

HD 6860 is a single star 199 light-years away with one known planet. The host is an M0 III star, a cool giant with a reported mass of 2.49 solar masses, a radius of 86.4 solar radii, and a temperature of 3800 K. Its mass estimate is larger than the Sun's, its radius estimate is larger than the Sun's, and its temperature is cooler than the Sun's.

The planet HD 6860 b was discovered in 2023 by the radial velocity method, which detects the wobble a planet's gravity induces in its star's motion. The planet has a minimum mass of 8980 Earth masses, a lower bound on its true mass, and an orbital period of 664 days. That minimum mass is larger than Earth's and roughly 28.3 times Jupiter's mass.

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

2

Stellar refs

2

System refs

1

Distancestable

2 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Surface Gravitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
38022.4986.40—3.22M0 III61.12Lee et al. 2023TICv8
3800.2—————61.12TICv8TICv8