The Qatar-1 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 605.39 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.84 solar masses |
Radius | 0.8 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5013 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.171 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.19 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Qatar-1 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 411.272 Earth masses |
Density | 1.076 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.812 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.02332 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.420 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Qatar |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 400mm f/2.8L |
Discovery Instrument | FLI ProLine 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2011-10 |
Reference | Alsubai et al. 2011 |