HD 76700
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HD 76700 is a star in the southern constellation of Volans. It is yellow in hue and is too faint to be visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 8.16.<ref name=Anderson2012/> This object is located at a distance of 197 light years from the Sun based on stellar parallax.<ref name="Gaia DR3"/> It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +39 km/s.<ref name=Anderson2012/>
PropertiesEdit
This object is a G-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G6V,<ref name=houk1979/> which indicates it is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion. It is a metal-enriched star, showing a much higher metallicity than the Sun.<ref name="Tinney2003"/> This may be explained by prior accretion of refractory-rich planetary bodies into the stellar atmosphere.<ref name=Schuler2011/> The mass of HD 76700 is very similar to (1.1 times) that of the Sun, but it is cooler and brighter (with an effective temperature of 5,694 K and luminosity of 1.69 Suns) and thus much older—around 6.9 billion years old.<ref name=" Bonfanti 2015"/>
PlanetaryEdit
HD 76700 is orbited by a giant planet that was discovered in 2003 via the radial velocity method.<ref name="Tinney2003"/> Designated Template:Nowrap, this planet is orbiting very close to the star with a period of just four days.<ref name=Wang2011/>
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