The HD 70642 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 95.49 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.08 solar masses |
Radius | 0.98 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5732 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.22 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.919 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 70642 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 633.435 Earth masses |
Density | 1.450 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 3.318 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.175 |
Orbital Period | 2124.540 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | UCLES Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2003-08 |
Reference | Carter et al. 2003 |