The HD 285968 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 30.89 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.5 solar masses |
Radius | 0.48 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3703.49 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.1 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.62 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 285968 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 | 8.400 Earth masses |
Density | 2.040 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.830 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.066 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.784 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2009-01 |
Reference | Forveille et al. 2009 |