The GJ 96 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 38.92 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.6 solar masses |
Radius | 0.58 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3785 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, GJ 96 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 | 19.660 Earth masses |
Density | 1.060 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.670 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.291 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.44 |
Orbital Period | 73.940 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Haute-Provence Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.93 m Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | SOPHIE Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2018-10 |
Reference | Hobson et al. 2018 |