Draft:HD 176986
K-type main-sequence star with a multi-planet system
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HD 176986 is an K-type main-sequence star located approximately 91 light-years (27.9 parsecs) from the Sun in the constellation of Aquila.[3][1] It hosts a system of three confirmed exoplanets, all Super-Earths or Mini-Neptunes detected by the radial velocity method. The system was first identified with two planets in 2018 as part of the RoPES (Radial velocity Planets around Evolved Stars) project using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, with a third planet announced in early 2026.[3][6]
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Comment: well written imo. what do you think makes it notable? Astropedian (talk) 20:08, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Aquila |
| Right ascension | 19h 03m 5.87296s[1] |
| Declination | −11° 02′ 38.1308″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.45±0.01[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | Main-sequence |
| Spectral type | K2.5V[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (G) | 8.15[1] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 37.42±0.14[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −126.947±0.023[1] mas/yr Dec.: −235.938±0.019[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 35.8579±0.0221 mas[1] |
| Distance | 90.96 ± 0.06 ly (27.89 ± 0.02 pc) |
| Details[4] | |
| Mass | 0.789±0.019[3] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.782±0.035[3] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.331±0.027[3] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.44±0.17[3] cgs |
| Temperature | 4931±77[3] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.03±0.05[3] dex |
| Rotation | 35.9±0.2[3]d |
| Age | 4.3±4.0[3] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| HD 176986, HIP 93540, LTT 7548, NLTT 47342, PPM 235422, SAO 162137, 2MASS J19030587-1102379, BD-11 4849, TIC 39554091, TYC 5711-1098-1[5] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Planetary system
Discovery and observations
HD 176986 was monitored within the RoPES radial-velocity programme targeting nearby G- and K-type stars, which combines precision Doppler measurements from the HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs to search for low-mass, short-period planets.[3][6] HARPS is a fibre-fed, high-resolution echelle spectrograph mounted on the ESO 3.6-m telescope at La Silla Observatory (Chile) and was designed for long-term radial-velocity stability at the ~1 m/s level.[7]
In the RoPES analyses of HD 176986, combined radial-velocity time series with stellar activity diagnostics and statistical modelling to distinguish planetary signals from activity-related variability, reporting two super-Earths (HD 176986 b and c) and later a third planet (HD 176986 d).[3][6]