Rho Indi [SEP] constellation
Rho Indi
ρ Indi, Latinised as Rho Indi, (Bright Star designation HR 8701) is a yellow-hued star in the constellation Indus. With an apparent visual magnitude of +6.05 it is, barely, a naked eye star, not visible in the northern hemisphere outside the tropics. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 37.39 mas, it is located about 160 light years from the Sun. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −4 km/s.
The
Tau1 Gruis b
Tau Gruis b, also known as HD 216435 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 109 light-years away in the constellation of Grus (the Crane). The planet was discovered orbiting the star in September 2002. It was calculated that the planet orbits its sun at an average distance of 2.7 astronomical units. The planet is over 1.25 times as massive as Jupiter.
See also.
- 55 Cancri
- Phi2 Pavonis
- Rho Indi b
References.
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