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GQ Lup b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/GQ Lup b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

GQ Lup b

Orbiting GQ Lup

Discovered in 2004 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,004
Method: Imaging
Radius: 33.6 R⊕
Mass: 6,356 M⊕
Orbit: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Distance: 151.169 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Semi-major axis: 100 AU
Eccentricity: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Radius: 33.6 Earth radii
Mass: 6,356 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 0.921 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 2,650 K
Insolation: 0.0001 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: GQ Lup
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: K7e V
Stellar temperature: 4,360 K
Stellar radius: 1.94153 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.7 M☉
Stellar metallicity: -0.35 dex
Stellar age: 0.001 Gyr
Distance: 151.169 parsecs
Right ascension: 15h49m12.09s
Declination: -35d39m05.42s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,004
Publication date: 2005-05
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Paranal Observatory
Telescope: 8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope
Instrument: NACO Camera
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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