HD 171028 is a yellow main-sequence star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. The apparent magnitude is +8.31, visible in good binoculars. Unlike most planet-harboring stars, it does not have a Hipparcos number, though the distance was estimated at 90±7.8 parsecs. In the summer of 2007, a planet was discovered.
Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Radius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
b | >1.83 MJ | 1.29 | 538 ± 2 | 0.61 | — |