The Ross 458 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 37.54 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.56 solar masses |
Radius | 0.56 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3646 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | 0.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Ross 458 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1906.980 Earth masses |
Density | 3.810 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.011 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1100 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | NaN days |
Discovery Method | Imaging |
Discovery Facility | Las Campanas Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 6.5 m Magellan I Baade Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | FIRE Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2010-12 |
Reference | Burgasser et al. 2010 |