The HD 16417 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 82.82 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.2 solar masses |
Radius | 1.64 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5841 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | 7 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 16417 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 22.100 Earth masses |
Density | 0.972 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.000 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.14 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.2 |
Orbital Period | 17.240 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | UCLES Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2009-06 |
Reference | O'Toole et al. 2009 |