The 7 CMa system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 64.61 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.34 solar masses |
Radius | 4.87 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4826 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.21 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, 7 CMa b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 587.986 Earth masses |
Density | 1.340 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1.758 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.06 |
Orbital Period | 735.100 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | UCLES Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2011-12 |
Reference | Wittenmyer et al. 2011 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, 7 CMa c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 276.512 Earth masses |
Density | 0.566 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.900 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 2.153 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.08 |
Orbital Period | 996.000 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Multiple Observatories |
Discovery Telescope | Multiple Telescopes |
Discovery Instrument | Multiple Instruments |
Discovery Date | 2019-11 |
Reference | Luque et al. 2019 |