The HD 102117 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 129.09 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.06 solar masses |
Radius | 1.23 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5655 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.28 decimal exponent |
Age | 10 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 102117 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 54.031 Earth masses |
Density | 0.489 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 8.470 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.15 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.12 |
Orbital Period | 20.813 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2005-07 |
Reference | Lovis et al. 2005 |