The designation is from the star catalogue of English astronomer John Flamsteed, first published in 1712.
[2] It has an annual parallax shift of 30.15 ± 0.30 mas,[1] which is equivalent to a physical distance of approximately 108 light-years (33 parsecs) from Earth.
[5] It has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.237 arc seconds per year.
[14][15] Li et al. (2000) categorized this as an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V(e).
[17] The star has 1.55[7] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 4.43[8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of roughly 6,633 K.[7] 47 Arietis has a red dwarf companion at an angular separation of 14.8 arc seconds along a position angle of 113°, as of 1998.