The HD 86226 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 149.00 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.02 solar masses |
Radius | 1.05 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5863 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.018 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, HD 86226 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 143.024 Earth masses |
Density | 0.269 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 2.73 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.059 |
Orbital Period | 1628.000 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Las Campanas Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 6.5 m Magellan II Clay Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | MIKE Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2010-03 |
Reference | Arriagada et al. 2010 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 86226 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 | 7.250 Earth masses |
Density | 3.970 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.160 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.049 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.075 |
Orbital Period | 3.984 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Discovery Telescope | 0.1 m TESS Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | TESS CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2020-08 |
Reference | Teske et al. 2020 |