kap And b
Orbiting kap And
kap And b is an exoplanet orbiting the star kap And, discovered in 2012 using the Imaging method. It is a Jupiter-sized world.
Radius
15.92
Earth radii
Mass
5498.43
Earth masses
Distance
50.0
parsecs
Equilibrium Temp
1791
K
Radius (Earth radii)
15.92
Mass (Earth masses)
5498.43
Measured
Equilibrium Temperature
1791 K
Orbital Period
Unknown
Distance from Earth
50.0 pc (~163 ly)
Spectral Type
B9 IVn
Temperature
11327 K
Mass (Solar)
2.77 M☉
Radius (Solar)
2.11 R☉
Luminosity
1.80 log L☉
Planets in System
1
Stars in System
1
Coordinates (RA, Dec)
355.1026°, 44.3339°
Discovery Method
Imaging
Discovery Year
2012
Source ID: kap And b
kap And b orbits kap And and was reported in 2012 and was detected with the Imaging method.
Published measurements list a radius of 15.92 Earth radii, a mass of 5,498.43 Earth masses, and an equilibrium temperature near 1,791 K.
Catalog data places the system at about 50 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as B9 IVn, and 1 known planet in the system.
Host star
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