The 70 Vir system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 58.39 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.09 solar masses |
Radius | 1.89 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5495 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.77 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, 70 Vir b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 2380.450 Earth masses |
Density | 6.540 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.481 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.3988 |
Orbital Period | 116.688 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Lick Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 1996-06 |
Reference | Marcy & Butler 1996 |