The HD 51608 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 114.33 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.8 solar masses |
Radius | 0.92 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5358 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.07 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 51608 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 | 12.770 Earth masses |
Density | 1.480 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.620 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1059 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.09 |
Orbital Period | 14.073 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2019-02 |
Reference | Udry et al. 2019 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 51608 c 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 | 14.310 Earth masses |
Density | 1.360 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.870 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.3809 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.14 |
Orbital Period | 95.945 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2019-02 |
Reference | Udry et al. 2019 |