The HD 90156 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 71.59 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.84 solar masses |
Radius | 0.92 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5599 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.24 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.4 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 90156 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 | 17.980 Earth masses |
Density | 1.140 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.430 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.25 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.31 |
Orbital Period | 49.770 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2011-02 |
Reference | Mordasini et al. 2011 |