The HD 17156 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 254.68 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.41 solar masses |
Radius | 1.55 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6040 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.19 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.37 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 17156 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1115.583 Earth masses |
Density | 3.780 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.330 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.16278 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.68 |
Orbital Period | 21.217 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Subaru Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 8.2 m Subaru Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HDS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2007-11 |
Reference | Fischer et al. 2007 |