The GJ 536 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 33.95 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.52 solar masses |
Radius | 0.5 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3685 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.08 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.4 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, GJ 536 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 | 5.360 Earth masses |
Density | 2.880 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.170 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.06661 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.08 |
Orbital Period | 8.708 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2017-01 |
Reference | Suárez Mascareño et al. 2017 |