The HD 156279 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 118.05 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.94 solar masses |
Radius | 0.95 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5453 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.14 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.1 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 156279 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 2995.223 Earth masses |
Density | 8.430 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.501896 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.647243 |
Orbital Period | 133.404 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Haute-Provence Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.93 m Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | SOPHIE Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2012-02 |
Reference | Díaz et al. 2012 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 156279 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 3207.014 Earth masses |
Density | 9.020 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 5.484633 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.260544 |
Orbital Period | 4818.254 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2016-04 |
Reference | Bryan et al. 2016 |