The Ross 128 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 11.01 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.17 solar masses |
Radius | 0.2 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3192 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.02 decimal exponent |
Age | 5 billion years |
At less than 1.5 Earth masses, Ross 128 b is a terrestrial planet, much like the terrestrial planets we find in our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mass | 1.400 Earth masses |
Density | 5.630 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.110 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0496 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.116 |
Orbital Period | 9.866 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 3.6 m ESO Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | HARPS Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2018-05 |
Reference | Bonfils et al. 2018 |