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Planets/Exoplanets/AF Lep b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

AF Lep b

Orbiting AF Lep

Discovered in 2023 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,023
Method: Imaging
Radius: 13 R⊕
Mass: 1,147.360549 M⊕
Orbit: 8,905 days
Distance: 26.8564 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 8,905 days
Semi-major axis: 8.996 AU
Eccentricity: 0.015
Radius: 13 Earth radii
Mass: 1,147.360549 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 2.87 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 1,400 K
Insolation: 0.0241 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: AF Lep
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: F8
Stellar temperature: 6,140 K
Stellar radius: 1.25 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.218 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.19 dex
Stellar age: 0.024 Gyr
Distance: 26.8564 parsecs
Right ascension: 05h27m04.78s
Declination: -11d54m04.23s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,023
Publication date: 2023-04
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Paranal Observatory
Telescope: 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope
Instrument: SPHERE
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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