The Gl 686 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 26.61 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.43 solar masses |
Radius | 0.43 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3656 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.23 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Gl 686 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 | 6.624 Earth masses |
Density | 2.450 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.460 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.091 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.05 |
Orbital Period | 15.530 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS-N Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2019-02 |
Reference | Affer et al. 2019 |