The GJ 687 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 14.84 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.4 solar masses |
Radius | 0.42 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3413 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.063 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, GJ 687 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 | 17.200 Earth masses |
Density | 1.170 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.320 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.163 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.17 |
Orbital Period | 38.142 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Lick Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 2.4 m Automated Planet Finder Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Levy Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2014-07 |
Reference | Burt et al. 2014 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, GJ 687 c 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 | 16.000 Earth masses |
Density | 1.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.140 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1.165 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.4 |
Orbital Period | 727.562 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Multiple Observatories |
Discovery Telescope | Multiple Telescopes |
Discovery Instrument | Multiple Instruments |
Discovery Date | 2020-10 |
Reference | Feng et al. 2020 |