The rho CrB system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 56.97 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.89 solar masses |
Radius | 1.36 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5627 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.31 decimal exponent |
Age | 10 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, rho CrB b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 332.100 Earth masses |
Density | 0.694 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.800 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2196 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0373 |
Orbital Period | 39.846 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.5 m Tillinghast Reflector Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | AFOE Echelle Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 1997-07 |
Reference | Noyes et al. 1997 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, rho CrB c 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 | 25.000 Earth masses |
Density | 0.882 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.380 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.4123 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.052 |
Orbital Period | 102.540 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Multiple Observatories |
Discovery Telescope | Multiple Telescopes |
Discovery Instrument | Multiple Instruments |
Discovery Date | 2016-10 |
Reference | Fulton et al. 2016 |