Star
HD 108874 is 2.7 billion years older than our Sun. The star has a temperature of 5407 K and luminosity 1.14 solar. Its metallicity is 1.38 times solar, meaning it has greater iron abundance relative to hydrogen and helium. It has about the same mass as the Sun, but the radius is 22% greater.
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