HD 43691 is a G-type star with magnitude +8.03 located approximately 280 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. This yellow star is about to stop thermonuclear hydrogen-fusion in its core and eventually expand to become a red giant. Planetary system In July 2007, the star is found to have a giant planet in orbit around it. It has minimum mass two and a half times that of Jupiter and orbits the star closer than Mercury to the Sun. See also List of extrasolar planets References External links Auriga (constellation) G-type main-sequence stars G-type subgiants 043691 030057 Planetary systems with one confirmed planet Durchmusterung objects