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alf Cen B

K1 V • 1.35 pc

Records

12

literature rows

Planets

2

system count

References

13

distinct source labels

HD: HD 128621HIP: HIP 71681TIC: TIC 471011144

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

5224 K

5178 to 5251

4 values • 4 distinct

Mass

0.88 Msun

0.87 to 0.93

5 values • 5 distinct

Radius

0.88 Rsun

0.86 to 0.88

3 values • 2 distinct

Age

9.68 Gyr

8 to 11.36

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminosity

-0.29 log(Lsun)

-0.30 to -0.28

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

1.35 pc

single adopted value

12 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

K1 V

Multiple classifications reported

K1 V (3), K0V (1), K2 IV C2+1 ** (1), K5 (1)

Planets

2

Stable across source rows

2

System Layout

Known planets

0 planets linked to this host

No confirmed planets found for this stellar host.

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

12

Stellar refs

12

System refs

1

Distancestable

12 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

12 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Radiusdisputed

3 values • 2 distinct

Agedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Spectral Typedisputed

6 values • 4 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
52511.35Maldonado et al. 2015TICv8
K1 V1.35Garrison & Beattie 1998TICv8
1.35Valenti & Fischer 2005TICv8
K51.35Cannon & Pickering 1918TICv8
1.35Henry et al. 1996TICv8
51780.880.888-0.28K0V1.35Turnbull 2015TICv8
1.35Pizzolato et al. 2003TICv8
0.880.8811.361.35Takeda et al. 2007TICv8
52140.930.86K1 V1.35Dumusque et al. 2012TICv8
0.91-0.30K1 V1.35Beichman & Sanghi et al. 2025TICv8
52340.871.35Santos et al. 2013TICv8
K2 IV C2+1 **1.35Gray et al. 2006TICv8