HD 108863 is a subgiant star, the primary of a binary star system 540 light-years away, belonging to spectral class K0. Its age is younger than the Sun's at 1.8±0.4 billion years.[8] The primary star is slightly enriched in heavy elements, having 115% of solar abundance.[7] The primary star does not have detectable flare activity.[9]
In 2014, a poorly characterized co-moving stellar companion HD 108863 B, likely a main sequence star of spectral class between F6 and G4, was discovered at a projected separation of 16.065 AU.[6]
Planetary system
In 2011 one superjovian planet, HD 108863 b, on a nearly circular orbit around star HD 108863 was discovered utilizing the radial velocity method.[4] The planet does not transit its host star.[2]
^ abcLuhn, Jacob K.; Bastien, Fabienne A.; Wright, Jason T.; Johnson, John A.; Howard, Andrew W.; Isaacson, Howard (2018), "Retired A Stars and Their Companions VIII: 15 New Planetary Signals Around Subgiants and Transit Parameters for California Planet Search Planets with Subgiant Hosts", The Astronomical Journal, 157 (4): 149, arXiv:1811.03043, Bibcode:2019AJ....157..149L, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaf5d0, S2CID102486961
^Yoss, K. M.; Griffin, R. F. (September 1997), "Radial Velocities and DDO, BV Photometry of Henry Draper G5-M Stars Near the North Galactic Pole", Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 18 (2–3): 161, Bibcode:1997JApA...18..161Y, doi:10.1007/BF02714877, S2CID123221180.
^ abJohn Asher Johnson; Clanton, Christian; Howard, Andrew W.; Bowler, Brendan P.; Henry, Gregory W.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Crepp, Justin R.; Endl, Michael; Cochran, William D.; MacQueen, Phillip J.; Wright, Jason T.; Isaacson, Howard (2011), "Retired a Stars and Their Companions. Vii. 18 New Jovian Planets", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 197 (2): 26, arXiv:1108.4205, Bibcode:2011ApJS..197...26J, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/26, S2CID15088371
^ abBonsor, Amy; Kennedy, Grant M.; Wyatt, Mark C.; Johnson, John A.; Sibthorpe, Bruce (2013), "Herschel Observations of Debris Discs Orbiting Planet-hosting Subgiants", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437 (4): 3288–3297, arXiv:1311.2947, doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2128, S2CID53586078