HIP 79431 is a red dwarf star with a planetary companion in the constellation Scorpius.
It has the proper name Sharjah, as selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by United Arab Emirates, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU.
[11][12] The star has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.34,[2] which is far too faint to be visible to the naked eye.
Based on parallax measurements, this system is located at a distance of 47.4 light-years from the Sun.
It is orbiting at a distance of 0.36 AU from the host star with a period of 0.3 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.29.