HD 132563 is a triple star system in the constellation Auriga

Auriga (constellation)

Auriga is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'charioteer' and its stars form a shape that has been associated with the pointed helmet of a charioteer. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains among the 88 modern...

. The two resolvable components of this system are designated HD 132563A and HD 132563B. The primary star, HD 132563A, is actually a spectroscopic binary with a period of more than 15 years and an orbital eccentricity

Orbital eccentricity

The orbital eccentricity of an astronomical body is the amount by which its orbit deviates from a perfect circle, where 0 is perfectly circular, and 1.0 is a parabola, and no longer a closed orbit...

 of greater than 0.65. The smaller member of this tightly orbiting pair has about 55% the mass of the Sun

Solar mass

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Based upon radial velocity variations of HD 132563B, the presence of an ordinary giant planet has been inferred by S. Desidera et al (2011). This object is orbiting the star with a period of 1,544 days, at a distance of about 2.6 AU

Astronomical unit

An astronomical unit is a unit of length equal to about or approximately the mean Earth–Sun distance....

, and with an orbital eccentricity of 0.22.