The HD 96700 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 82.88 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 0.89 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.16 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 5845 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | -0.18 decimal exponent |
| Age | 8.6 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 96700 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 | 8.900 Earth masses |
| Density | 1.940 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 2.930 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.0777 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Orbital Period | 8.124 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
| Discovery Date | 2021-10 |
| Reference | Unger et al. 2021 |
At 3.501 Earth masses, HD 96700 c 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.
| Mass | 3.500 Earth masses |
| Density | 3.980 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 1.690 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.141 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.293 |
| Orbital Period | 19.880 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
| Discovery Date | 2021-10 |
| Reference | Unger et al. 2021 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 96700 d 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 | 12.700 Earth masses |
| Density | 1.480 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 3.610 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.424 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.27 |
| Orbital Period | 103.500 days |
| Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
| Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
| Discovery Date | 2021-10 |
| Reference | Unger et al. 2021 |