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 |