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HD 68402 is a solitary star located in the circumpolar constellation Volans. With an apparent magnitude of 9.09, it is invisible to the naked eye but can be seen with an amateur telescope. This star is located at a distance of 256 light years based on its parallax shift but is drifting away at a rate of 11.60 km/s.

HD 68402 has a classification of G5 IV/V, which indicates that it is a G5 star with the characteristics of a subgiant and main-sequence star. Contrary to its classification, it is actually a G1 dwarf. At present it is slightly more massive than the Sun and has a similar radius to the latter. It radiates at 1.17 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,907 K, which gives it a yellow hue. At an age of 1 billion years HD 68402 has a projected rotational velocity of almost 3 km/s and is metal rich like most planetary hosts (1.94 times to be exact).

Planetary system

In 2017, a superjovian planet was discovered using doppler spectroscopy data from HARPS and CORALIE. In 2023, the inclination and true mass of HD 68402 b were determined via astrometry.

References

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v t e Constellation of Volans
List of stars in Volans Volans in Chinese astronomy
Stars	Bayer α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ Variable R S UY HR 2505 2531 2536 2662 2712 2888 2979 2980 3036 3038 3081 3171 3280 3346 3370 3417 3491 3495 3537 3544 3610 HD 59640 68402 74423 76700 76920 Other L 98-59 L 97-12 WD 0806−661 WISE 0734−7157
Exoplanets HD 68402 b HD 76700 b L 98-59 b
Galaxies	NGC 2305 2397 2442 2443 2466 Other AM 0644-741
Galaxy clusters SMACS J0723.3–7327
Category

• G-type main-sequence stars
• G-type subgiants
• Durchmusterung objects
• Henry Draper Catalogue objects
• Hipparcos objects
• Volans
• Planetary systems with one confirmed planet