The HD 162020 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 100.54 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.42 solar masses |
Radius | 0.75 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4723 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.1 decimal exponent |
Age | 6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 162020 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 3127.447 Earth masses |
Density | 8.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.08 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.28 |
Orbital Period | 8.428 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CORALIE Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2002-07 |
Reference | Udry et al. 2002 |