The b Cen A system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 319.94 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 5.5 solar masses |
Radius | 2.5 solar radiae |
Temperature | - kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | 0.015 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, b Cen A b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 3464.330 Earth masses |
Density | 9.980 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 556 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.4 |
Orbital Period | 1790000.000 days |
Discovery Method | Imaging |
Discovery Facility | Paranal Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | SPHERE |
Discovery Date | 2021-12 |
Reference | Janson et al. 2021 |