The HD 97658 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 70.33 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.85 solar masses |
Radius | 0.73 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5212 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.23 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.9 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, HD 97658 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 | 8.300 Earth masses |
Density | 4.800 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.120 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0805 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.05 |
Orbital Period | 9.490 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 10 m Keck I Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HIRES Spectrometer |
Discovery Date | 2011-03 |
Reference | Howard et al. 2011 |