TYC 8998-760-1


TYC 8998-760-1 is a young star, about old, located 310 light years away in the constellation of Musca, with a mass times the Sun.
Estimated to be around 17 million years old, it is at the lower age limit of the G2V spectral type stars, and also the nearest Sun-analog example to the Solar System. The Sun is, 250 times older. All G2V stars have an estimated lifetime of ~.

Planetary system

There are two giant exoplanets orbiting the star. The ESO Very Large Telescope photographed the two planets using it's SPHERE instrument, producing the first direct image of multiple planets orbiting a Sun-like star.
TYC 8998-760-1 b has a mass 14 times that of Jupiter, and a radius of. It orbits at a distance of, or slightly more than 5 times the Neptune-Sun distance.
TYC 8998-760-1 c has a mass of, and orbits at, or slightly more than 11 times the Neptune-Sun distance.