The HD 85512 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 36.79 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.43 solar masses |
Radius | 0.71 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4300 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.26 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.61 billion years |
At 3.498 Earth masses, HD 85512 b is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes. HD 85512 b orbits within the habitable zone of its parent star and could, potentially, be a habitable planet with stable bodies of liquid water on its surface, like Earth.
Mass | 3.600 Earth masses |
Density | 3.890 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.720 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.26 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.11 |
Orbital Period | 58.430 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2011-10 |
Reference | Pepe et al. 2011 |