[2] The star is located 268 light-years (82 parsecs) distant from the Sun, based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −6 km/s.
[9] This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III,[3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 10.6[10] times the Sun's radius, or 0.05 AU.
It is a red clump giant,[6] which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at the core.
It is radiating 56[10] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,846 K.[10] A planetary companion was discovered by Doppler measurements at the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, and announced in 2012.
[11] In 2023, the presence of a second, Jupiter-mass planet orbiting at 4 AU (75 Ceti c) was confirmed, which is more irradiated than Earth as well.