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title: "The HD 113538 system"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/system/hd-113538"
release: "DR1"
licence: "No licence stated; acknowledgement requested"
citation: "This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. Cite Christiansen et al. (2025), Planetary Science Journal (doi:10.3847/PSJ/ade3c2), and the literature reference given with each value."
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# The HD 113538 system

HD 113538 is a K9Vk: orange dwarf in Centaurus, 51.75 ly away, with 2 known planets. Their orbits run from 1.24 to 2.44 AU. All of them were detected by radial velocity.

## The planets, innermost first

| Planet | Orbit (AU) | Period | Radius | Mass | Equilibrium T |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [b](https://spacecatalog.org/object/hd-113538-b) | 1.24 | 663.2 d | 13.20 R⊕ | 114 M⊕ | 141 K |
| [c](https://spacecatalog.org/object/hd-113538-c) | 2.44 | 4.977 yr | 13.80 R⊕ | 296 M⊕ | 100 K |

Every figure is the planet's composite parameter from the [NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite Parameters)](https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/TblView/nph-tblView?app=ExoTbls&config=PSCompPars), one consistent set per world. Semi-major axes are orbits about the star, not distances from Earth.

This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. Cite Christiansen et al. (2025), Planetary Science Journal (doi:10.3847/PSJ/ade3c2), and the literature reference given with each value.

## The host star

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | K9Vk: orange dwarf |
| SPECTRAL TYPE | K9Vk: |
| LUMINOSITY | 0.0526 L☉ |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 51.75 ly |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE | 9.05 |
| CONSTELLATION | Centaurus |

The star itself: https://spacecatalog.org/object/hd-113538

The page itself, with the orbits drawn: https://spacecatalog.org/system/hd-113538