Star · K0 V
TOI-262
TOI-262 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0 V in the constellation Fornax, 144.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 10117 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Distance | 144.0 light-years (44.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.91 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.69 |
| Spectral type | K0 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,310 K |
| Luminosity | 0.513 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.853 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.913 M☉ |
| Age | 0.8 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.26 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 2h 10m 08.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −31° 04′ 12″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 70.3 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.91); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 59° N. South of latitude 59° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1882. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around TOI-262, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.05, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Boötes. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- TOI-262 b 11.1-day orbit · 2.07 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 11024 11.2 light-years
- 2MASS J02103857-3015313 11.8 light-years
- HD 15337 13.1 light-years
- HIP 11131 13.7 light-years
- HIP 11954 14.1 light-years
- HIP 7817 15.9 light-years
- HIP 10741 16.2 light-years
- Gl 76 16.4 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.