HD 93083


HD 93083 is an 8th magnitude star located approximately 91 light years away in the southern constellation of Antlia. It is an orange dwarf, somewhat cooler and less luminous than our Sun.
The star HD 93083 is named Macondo. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Colombia, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Macondo is the mythical village of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Planetary system

In 2005, the discovery of a planet orbiting the star was announced. This is another discovery using the radial velocity method with the HARPS spectrograph.