HD 73526
HD 73526 is a G-type main-sequence star. It is about 318 light-years away in the constellation Vela.Star
The star is cooler, more luminous, similar mass, and larger than our Sun. This star is 22% older than our Sun and with metallicity nearly doubled with the Sun, based on its abundance of iron.On June 13 2002, a 2.1 MJ planet HD 73526 b was announced orbiting HD 73526 in an orbit just a little smaller than that of Venus' orbit around the Sun. This planet receives insolation 3.65 times that of Earth or 1.89 times that of Venus. This was a single planet system until 2006 when a 2.3 MJ second planet HD 73526 c was discovered. This planet forms a 2:1 orbital resonance with planet b. Although these are minimum masses as the inclinations of these planets are unknown, orbital stability analysis indicated that orbital inclinations of both planets are likely to be near 90°, making the minimum masses very close to the true masses of the planets.
