HU Aqr is a Sun-like G-type star (about 0.88 solar masses, 5,952 K). HU Aqr AB b is a 5.90-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 6.54 years, at 3.600 AU from its star, discovered in 2011 via eclipse timing variations. HU Aqr AB c is a 4.50-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 12.0 years, at 5.400 AU from its star, on an eccentric orbit (e ≈ 0.51), discovered in 2011 via eclipse timing variations. HU Aqr adds another data point to the growing catalogue of planetary systems whose masses, orbits, and host-star properties constrain models of planet formation.

HU Aqr - System

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