# HD 159868

HD 159868
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Scorpius
Right ascension 17h 38m 59.526s
Declination −43° 08′ 43.85″
+7.24
Absolute magnitude (V) +3.63[note 1]
Distance 171.93 ly
(52.71 pc)
Spectral type G5V
Other designations
CD-43° 11901, GC 23898, GCRV 67207, GJ 4014, HIP 86375, SAO 228234
Database references

HD 159868 is a yellow dwarf star approximately 172 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. The star is thought to be 3.05 times more luminous than the Sun, yet the metallicity is identical to the Sun.

## Planetary system

The HD 159868 planetary system[1][2]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
1. ^ The calculation for absolute magnitude applied here is ${\displaystyle {\begin{smallmatrix}M=m-5((\log _{10}{D_{L}})-1)\!\,\end{smallmatrix}}}$, where ${\displaystyle {\begin{smallmatrix}m\!\,\end{smallmatrix}}}$ is the apparent magnitude and ${\displaystyle {\begin{smallmatrix}D_{L}\!\,\end{smallmatrix}}}$ is the luminosity distance in parsecs.