The HD 49674 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 140.38 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.03 solar masses |
Radius | 1.02 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5602 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.32 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.62 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 49674 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 | 31.783 Earth masses |
Density | 0.733 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 6.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.06 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.09 |
Orbital Period | 4.947 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2003-01 |
Reference | Butler et al. 2003 |