The 17 Sco system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 407.54 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.22 solar masses |
Radius | 25.92 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4157 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.13 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, 17 Sco b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1373.019 Earth masses |
Density | 3.510 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1.45 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 578.380 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Lick Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | Coude Auxiliary Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2020-12 |
Reference | Tala Pinto et al. 2020 |