The AB Aur system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 528.79 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 2.4 solar masses |
Radius | 2.96 solar radiae |
Temperature | 9770 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | 0.003 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, AB Aur b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 2860.456 Earth masses |
Density | 8.050 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 93.9 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.4 |
Orbital Period | NaN days |
Discovery Method | Imaging |
Discovery Facility | Subaru Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 8.2 m Subaru Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Opti |
Discovery Date | 2022-04 |
Reference | Currie et al. 2022 |