The HD 117618 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 123.22 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.08 solar masses |
Radius | 1.2 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5990 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.028 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 117618 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 55.302 Earth masses |
Density | 0.479 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 8.590 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.18 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.15 |
Orbital Period | 25.800 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | UCLES Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2005-04 |
Reference | Tinney et al. 2005 |