The GJ 436 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 31.81 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.47 solar masses |
Radius | 0.46 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3586.11 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.099 decimal exponent |
Age | 6 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, GJ 436 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 | 22.100 Earth masses |
Density | 1.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.170 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0291 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.13827 |
Orbital Period | 2.644 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2004-12 |
Reference | Butler et al. 2004 |