HD 167042
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 18h 10m 31.6403s |
| Declination | +54° 17′ 11.588″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.97 |
| Distance | 163 ly (50 pc) |
| Spectral type | K1III |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 167042 is a 6th magnitude K-type giant star located approximately 163 light-years away in Draco constellation. It has mass of 1.64 times that of the Sun and the age is only 2.2 billion years old. When this star was a main sequence, it was white mid to late A-type star based on its mass.
Planetary system
On 28 November 2007, a preprint of the discovery of the planet HD 167042 b was posted to the arXiv server. The peer reviewed paper was then published in The Astrophysical Journal on 1 March 2008.[1] The discovery was later independently confirmed.[2]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | >1.7 MJ | 1.30 | 412.6 ± 4 | 0.027 ± 0.04 | — | — |
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Coordinates: 
18h 10m 31.6403s, +54° 17′ 11.588″
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