hip-49081

Nearby star

Its story

20 Leonis Minoris lies just 49 light-years away —a solar neighbor and Sun analog, with 12% more mass and 25% more radius—. Its 5,610 K surface nearly mirrors our own star's. Paired with a small, active red dwarf, it was confirmed in 2024 as the host of the first planet detected by the NEID Earth Twin Survey (NETS), an effort dedicated to finding terrestrial twins around Sun-like stars.

Constellation: Leo Minor
Apparent magnitude: 5.37
Distance: 49.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 150.253° · Dec 31.924°
Catalogue: HIP 49081 · HD 86728

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