The 51 Peg system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 50.43 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.03 solar masses |
Radius | 1.18 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5758 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.18 decimal exponent |
Age | 10 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, 51 Peg b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 146.202 Earth masses |
Density | 0.275 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0527 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.013 |
Orbital Period | 4.231 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Haute-Provence Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.93 m Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | ELODIE Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 1995-11 |
Reference | Mayor & Queloz 1995 |