Exoplanet

17 Sco b

Orbiting 17 Sco

Overview

17 Sco b is an exoplanet orbiting the star 17 Sco, discovered in 2020 using the Radial Velocity method.

Key Measurements

Minimum Mass (M sin i)

1373.02

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

578.4

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

125.0

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Radius (Earth radii)

Unknown

Minimum Mass, M sin(i) (Earth masses)

1373.02

Radial-velocity minimum

Equilibrium Temperature

Unknown

Parameter source: Tala Pinto et al. 2020

Orbital Period

578.380+2.0102.090days

Semi-Major Axis

1.4500+0.02000.0200au

M sin(i) (Earth masses)

1373.02+47.6738.14

M sin(i) (Jupiter masses)

4.3200+0.15000.1200

Eccentricity

0.0600+0.03000.0200

Epoch of Periastron

2453294.41+174.23182.91days(JD)

Argument of Periastron

57.0+113.2106.8deg

Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude

92.40+3.903.84m/s

Distance from Earth

125.0 pc (~408 ly)

Spectral Type

K3 III

Temperature

4157 K

Mass (Solar)

1.22 M☉

Radius (Solar)

25.92 R☉

Luminosity

2.25 log L☉

Planets in System

1

Stars in System

1

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

243.4621°, -11.8378°

Discovery Method

Radial Velocity

Discovery Year

2020

Data Sources

Source ID: 17 Sco b

System Context

17 Sco b orbits 17 Sco and was reported in 2020 and was detected with the Radial Velocity method.

Published measurements list a minimum mass of 1,373.02 Earth masses (M sin i) and an orbital period of 578.38 days.

Catalog data places the system at about 125 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as K3 III, and 1 known planet in the system.

Host star

Explore the stellar record for this system to compare temperature, spectral type, and known planets.

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