The HD 167042 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 161.98 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.72 solar masses |
Radius | 4.3 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5010 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.05 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.2 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 167042 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 540.290 Earth masses |
Density | 1.210 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.500 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1.32 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.089 |
Orbital Period | 420.770 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Lick Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2008-03 |
Reference | Johnson et al. 2008 |