The WD 0806-661 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 62.77 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.62 solar masses |
Radius | 0.51 solar radiae |
Temperature | 9552 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | 2.1 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WD 0806-661 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 2383.600 Earth masses |
Density | 6.550 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 2500 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | NaN days |
Discovery Method | Imaging |
Discovery Facility | Spitzer Space Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 0.85 m Spitzer Space Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | IRAC Infrared Array Camera |
Discovery Date | 2011-03 |
Reference | Luhman et al. 2011 |