The HD 100546 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 357.72 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 2.4 solar masses |
Radius | 1.85 solar radiae |
Temperature | 10500 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | 0.005 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 100546 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 239000.000 Earth masses |
Density | 2.840 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 77.342 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 53 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 | 2015-07 |
Reference | Quanz et al. 2015 |