Exoplanet

HD 4308 b

Orbiting HD 4308

Overview

HD 4308 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 4308, discovered in 2005 using the Radial Velocity method.

Key Measurements

Minimum Mass (M sin i)

15.89

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

15.6

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

22.0

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Radius (Earth radii)

Unknown

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

15.89

Radial-velocity minimum

Equilibrium Temperature

Unknown

Parameter source: Stassun et al. 2017

Orbital Period

15.560+0.0200.020days

Semi-Major Axis

0.1200+0.00000.0000au

M sin(i) (Earth masses)

15.89+0.000.00

M sin(i) (Jupiter masses)

0.0500+0.00000.0000

Eccentricity

0.0000

Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude

4.10+0.200.20m/s

Distance from Earth

22.0 pc (~72 ly)

Spectral Type

Unknown

Temperature

5686 K

Mass (Solar)

0.93 M☉

Radius (Solar)

1.02 R☉

Luminosity

Unknown

Planets in System

1

Stars in System

1

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

11.1653°, -65.6527°

Discovery Method

Radial Velocity

Discovery Year

2005

Data Sources

Source ID: HD 4308 b

System Context

HD 4308 b orbits HD 4308 and was reported in 2005 and was detected with the Radial Velocity method.

Published measurements list a minimum mass of 15.89 Earth masses (M sin i) and an orbital period of 15.56 days.

Catalog data places the system at about 22 parsecs from Earth and 1 known planet in the system.

Host star

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