HD 20781

HD 20781 is a star which is part of a wide binary system with HD 20782. The companion star has a very large angular separation of 252 arcsec, corresponding to 9080 AU at the distance of HD 20782. Both stars possess their own planetary systems in S type orbits, with a total of five known planets around both stars. This is the first known example of planets being found orbiting both components of a wide binary system. HD 20781 has no noticeable starspot activity.

HD 20781
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Fornax
Right ascension 03h 20m 02.94286s
Declination −28° 47 01.7905
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.48
Characteristics
Spectral type K0V
B−V color index 0.82
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)40.27±0.12 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 348.869±0.015 mas/yr
Dec.: −66.614±0.019 mas/yr
Parallax (π)27.8123 ± 0.0239 mas
Distance117.3 ± 0.1 ly
(35.96 ± 0.03 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.70
Details
Mass0.7 M
Luminosity0.49±0.04 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.37±0.05 cgs
Temperature5256±29 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.11±0.02 dex
Rotation46.8±4.4 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.1 km/s
Other designations
CD–29° 1229, HIP 15526, LTT 1581, SAO 168468, 2MASS J03200291-2847016, Gaia DR1 5060105892897388288
Database references
SIMBADdata
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