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HD 100546 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/HD 100546 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

HD 100546 b

Orbiting HD 100546

Discovered in 2014 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,014
Method: Imaging
Radius: 77.3421 R⊕
Mass: 2,701.54146 M⊕
Orbit: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Distance: 109.677 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Semi-major axis: 53 AU
Eccentricity: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Radius: 77.3421 Earth radii
Mass: 2,701.54146 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 0.0321 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 94.67 K
Insolation: 0.0113 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: HD 100546
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: B9 Vne
Stellar temperature: 10,500 K
Stellar radius: 1.85288 R☉
Stellar mass: 2.4 M☉
Stellar metallicity: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar age: 0.0055 Gyr
Distance: 109.677 parsecs
Right ascension: 11h33m25.32s
Declination: -70d11m41.24s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,014
Publication date: 2015-07
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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