HD 187123 is a star almost identical to the Sun, in the constellation Cygnus, around which has been discovered a planet with at least half the mass of Jupiter. At one ninth the average separation distance of Mercury from the Sun, HD 187123 b orbits more closely to its host star than any other planet discovered up to that time.¹ See also exoplanets.

 

Host star
distance	156.3 light-years (47.92 pc)
spectral type	G5V
apparent magnitude	7.89
temperature	5,560°C
luminosity (Sun=1)	1.35
mass (Sun=1)	1.0
position	RA 19h 46m 58.11s; Dec +34° 25' 10.29"
other catalog designations	BD+34°3708, HIP 97336, SAO 68845

 

Planet
mass (Jupiter=1)	> 0.52
semi-major axis	0.042 AU (6.3 million km, 3.9 million mi)
orbital period	3.097 days
eccentricity	0.03 ± 0.003
discovery	1998, Butler et al., SFSU Planet Search, Keck
method	radial velocity

 

References

1. Butler, P., Marcy, G., Vogt, S., and Apps, K. "A Planet with a 3.1-day Period Around a Solar Twin," Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 110, 1389 (1998).