HD 6718 is a solar twin^[10] star in the equatorial constellationofCetus. It has a yellow hue but is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 8.45.^[2] The distance to this object, as determined from parallax measurements, is 168 light years. It is drifting away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +35 km/s.^[2]

This object is an ordinary G-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G5V,^[3] with the luminosity class of 'V' indicating it is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. It is around six billion years old with a leisurely rotation rate, having a projected rotational velocity of 2 km/s.^[8] The level of magnetic activity in the chromosphere is considered very low^[6] and it has a near solar metallicity.^[8] Being a solar twin, has nearly the same mass and radius as the Sun. The star is radiating 1.07^[7] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,728 K.^[8]

In 2009, a substellar companion (HD 6718 b) with a minimum massof1.56 M_J was found in orbit around the star with a period of 6.83 years.^[6] In 2020, the inclination of this object was measured, revealing its true mass to be 62.8 M_J. This makes it a brown dwarf.^[11]

The HD 6718 planetary system^[6]^[11]

Companion
(in order from star)

Mass

Semimajor axis
(AU)

Orbital period
(days)

Eccentricity

Inclination

Radius

62.79+16.98
−13.80 $M$ _J

3.56+0.24
−0.15

2496±176

0.10+0.11
−0.04

1.488+0.410
−0.310°

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