The HD 102956 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 397.55 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.66 solar masses |
Radius | 4.55 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4985 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.19 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 102956 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 305.117 Earth masses |
Density | 0.638 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.800 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0807 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.037 |
Orbital Period | 6.495 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2010-10 |
Reference | Johnson et al. 2010 |