HD 38283, or Bubup, is a star in the southern circumpolar constellationMensa. With an magnitude of 6.70, its invisible to the naked eye but can be seen with binoculars. Bubup is located relatively close at a distance of 124 light-years[1] but is recceding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 61.4 km/s.[1]
Nomenclature
HD 38283 was given the name "Bubup", the Boonwurrung word for "child", by the IAU, chosen by representatives of Australia for the 2019 NameExoWorlds contest.[8]
A survey in 2015 has ruled out the existence of any stellar companions at projected distances above 11 AU.[9]
Planetary system
On April 11, 2011, a Saturnian planet, HD 38283 b (Yanyan), was discovered in an Earth-like 363-day orbit.[4] HD 38283 b/Yanyan itself turns out to be unable to host habitable exomoons, both because of its significant eccentricity (for the single eccentric planet solution), and because of the overluminosity of its host star compared to the Sun.[4]
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