The GQ Lup system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 493.05 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 0.7 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.94 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 4360 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | -0.35 decimal exponent |
| Age | 0.001 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, GQ Lup b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 6356.000 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.921 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 33.600 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 100 AU |
| Eccentricity | NaN |
| Orbital Period | NaN days |
| Discovery Method | Imaging |
| Discovery Facility | Paranal Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | NACO Camera |
| Discovery Date | 2005-05 |
| Reference | Neuhauser et al. 2005 |