The GJ 3470 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 95.96 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.54 solar masses |
Radius | 0.55 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3600 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.65 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, GJ 3470 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 13.900 Earth masses |
Density | 0.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.570 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0355 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.017 |
Orbital Period | 3.337 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2012-10 |
Reference | Bonfils et al. 2012 |