Temperature
11327 K
9423.3 to 11327
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Stellar HostProfile
kap And
B9 IVn • 50.02 pc
Records
6
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
7
distinct source labels
HIP: HIP 116805TIC: TIC 176945734HD: HD 222439
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: Godoy et al. 2025 • System source: TICv8
Mass
2.77 Msun
2.45 to 2.82
Radius
2.11 Rsun
2.11 to 2.31
Age
0.05 Gyr
0.03 to 0.05
Luminosity
1.80 log(Lsun)
1.80 to 1.83
Distance
50.02 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
B9 IVn
Multiple classifications reported
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 2.11 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
kap And
2.11 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
kap And b
Imaging
◌
Discovery
2012
Period
—
Radius
15.92 R⊕
Mass
5498.4 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1791 K
kap And: A Young Star With a Giant Planet
kap And is a star 163 light-years from Earth with one known planet. The host is a B9 IVn star 2.77 solar masses and 2.11 solar radii, with a temperature of 11300 K. Its age is 0.047 billion years, making it very young.
The planet kap And b is Jupiter-like, discovered by imaging in 2012. Its mass is 5500 Earth masses - roughly 17.3 times Jupiter's mass - and its radius is 15.9 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. No orbital period is reported for kap And b.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Stellar refs
6
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
Spectral Typedisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10700 | 2.45 | — | 0.03 | — | B9 IV | 50.02 | Carson et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 10839 | 2.82 | 2.31 | — | 1.82 | — | 50.02 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 11327 | 2.77 | 2.11 | 0.05 | 1.80 | B9 IVn | 50.02 | Godoy et al. 2025 | TICv8 |
| 10900 | 2.60 | — | 0.03 | 1.83 | B9 IV | 50.02 | Bonnefoy et al. 2014 | TICv8 |
| 9423.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 50.02 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | A0 | 50.02 | Cannon & Pickering 1918 | TICv8 |