The Ross 508 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 36.56 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.18 solar masses |
Radius | 0.21 solar radiae |
Temperature | 3071 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At 4.004 Earth masses, Ross 508 b is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 4.000 Earth masses |
Density | 3.590 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.830 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05366 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.33 |
Orbital Period | 10.770 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | Subaru Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 8.2 m Subaru Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Infrared Doppler (IRD) |
Discovery Date | 2022-05 |
Reference | Harakawa et al. 2022 |