★ Star Pi Mensae | Nearby stars catalogue

Yellow star Pi Mensae is located 59.6 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class G0V C, that has 107 of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

Pi Mensae

Yellow star (spectral class G0V C)

Mass: 1.07 M Sun

Size: 1.19 R Sun

Temperature: 5998 K | 1.04 T Sun

Age: 3.92 billions years | 0.85 Sun

Luminosity: 1.532 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 5.67

3 exoplanets:

Pi Mensae d	13.4 M⊕	n/a	124.6 days
Pi Mensae c	4.5 M⊕	0.07 AU	6.3 days
Pi Mensae b	4482.5 M⊕	3.28 AU	2093.1 days

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

More about Pi Mensae

      Nearby star Pi Mensae can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye.  Pi Mensae is  about 19 % bigger than the Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 5998 K (5725 °C), which is about 104 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
π Men, CD−80° 195, CPD−80° 161, GJ 9189, Gliese 9189, HD 39091, HIC 26394, HIP 26394, HR 2022, SAO 258421, LFT 429, LHS 208, LTT 2359, TOI-144, NLTT 15535, 2MASS J05370988-8028090, TIC 261136679, TYC 9386-2614-1, WISEA J053711.33-802757.7

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (* pi. Men )

Scientific studies
Submitted: 02. 03. 2022

A Radial Velocity Study of the Planetary System of Pi Mensae: Improved Planet Parameters for PI Mensae c and a Third Planet on a 125-d Orbit

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Star Pi Mensae

New exoplanet discovered orbiting nearby star Pi Mensae