XO-5 is 901 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G8 V star; the first was found in 2008 by transit (XO).
Fly there in 3DXO-5 b goes round its star every 4.19 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G8 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,430 K |
| Mass | 1.04 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.13 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.871 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.198 |
| Age | about 8.5 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 900.9 light-years (276.2 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 116.7164°, Dec 39.0945° |
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XO-5 b | 4.19 days | 0.0515 AU | 12.78 R⊕ | 378.2 M⊕ | Transit, 2008 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 5,430 K, 0.87 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.91 to 1.61 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 901 years ago, around 1130.