The PDS 70 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 368.77 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.76 solar masses |
Radius | 1.26 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3972 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.11 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.005 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, PDS 70 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 953.490 Earth masses |
Density | 0.185 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 30.488 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 20 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.19 |
Orbital Period | 43500.000 days |
Discovery Method | Imaging |
Discovery Facility | Paranal Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | SPHERE |
Discovery Date | 2018-09 |
Reference | Keppler et al. 2018 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, PDS 70 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 635.660 Earth masses |
Density | 0.292 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 22.866 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 34 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.11 |
Orbital Period | NaN days |
Discovery Method | Imaging |
Discovery Facility | European Southern Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) |
Discovery Date | 2019-06 |
Reference | Haffert et al. 2019 |