The Gl 378 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 48.77 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.56 solar masses |
Radius | 0.56 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3879 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Gl 378 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 | 13.020 Earth masses |
Density | 1.460 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.660 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.039435 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.109 |
Orbital Period | 3.822 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Haute-Provence Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.93 m Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | SOPHIE Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2019-05 |
Reference | Hobson et al. 2019 |