The 6 Lyn system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 178.28 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.44 solar masses |
Radius | 5.2 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4938 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.13 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.353 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, 6 Lyn b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 638.838 Earth masses |
Density | 1.460 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 2.11 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.073 |
Orbital Period | 934.300 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Okayama Astrophysical Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.88 m Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIDES Echelle Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2008-12 |
Reference | Sato et al. 2008 |