The HD 218566 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 94.02 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.76 solar masses |
Radius | 0.85 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4730 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.28 decimal exponent |
Age | 8.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 218566 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 63.566 Earth masses |
Density | 0.431 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 9.320 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.69 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.3 |
Orbital Period | 225.700 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2011-02 |
Reference | Meschiari et al. 2011 |