The Qatar-8 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 918.12 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.03 solar masses |
Radius | 1.32 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5738 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.025 decimal exponent |
Age | 8.3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Qatar-8 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 117.915 Earth masses |
Density | 0.216 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.404 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0474 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.715 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Qatar |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 400mm f/2.8L |
Discovery Instrument | FLI ProLine 4K CCD Sensor |
Discovery Date | 2019-06 |
Reference | Alsubai et al. 2019 |