{{Starbox begin | name = HD 79498 }}{{Starbox observe | epoch = J2000.0 | constell = Cancer | component = | ra = {{RA|09|15|09.4024}}[1] | dec = {{DEC|+23|22|31.9771}}[1] | appmag_v = 8.03[3] }}{{Starbox character | class = G5[3] | b-v = | u-b = }}{{Starbox astrometry | radial_v = 19.83 ± 0.23[5] | prop_mo_ra = {{val|−127.312|0.106}}[1] | prop_mo_dec = {{val|−155.619|0.085}}[1] | parallax = 20.4010 | p_error = 0.0733 | parallax_footnote = [1] | absmag_v = }}{{Starbox detail | source = [3] | mass = 1.06 | radius = | luminosity_bolometric = | temperature = 5740 ± 100 | metal_fe = 0.24 ± 0.06 | rotational_velocity = | age_gyr = 2.7 }}{{Starbox catalog | names = {{odlist|BD=+23° 2063|HIP=45406|SAO=80717|HD=79498}}[5] }}{{Starbox reference | Simbad = HD+79498 }}{{Starbox end}}HD 79498 is a star located approximately 160 light years away in the constellation Cancer.[5] This G5 spectral class star has an apparent magnitude of 8.03 and is about the same size and mass as the Sun. It has a higher than solar abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium; what astronomers term a metal-rich star.[3] The McDonald Observatory planet search program discovered its planet using small changes in the star's motion.{{OrbitboxPlanet begin | table_ref = }}{{OrbitboxPlanet | exoplanet = b | mass = ≥1.34 ± 0.07 | period = 1966 ± 41 | semimajor = 3.13 ± 0.08 | eccentricity = 0.59 ± 0.02 }}{{Orbitbox end}}