The HD 158996 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 925.17 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.8 solar masses |
Radius | 50.3 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4069 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 158996 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 4449.620 Earth masses |
Density | 13.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 2.1 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.13 |
Orbital Period | 820.200 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Bohyunsan Optical Astronomical Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.8 m Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | BOES Echelle Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2018-02 |
Reference | Bang et al. 2018 |