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HD 166724 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/HD 166724 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

HD 166724 b

Orbiting HD 166724

Discovered in 2012 using Radial Velocity. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,012
Method: Radial Velocity
Radius: 13 R⊕
Mass: 1,207.747947 M⊕
Orbit: 5,144 days
Distance: 45.1342 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 5,144 days
Semi-major axis: 5.42 AU
Eccentricity: 0.734
Radius: 13 Earth radii
Mass: 1,207.747947 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 3.02 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 94.83 K
Insolation: 0.0105 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: HD 166724
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: K0 IV-V
Stellar temperature: 5,127 K
Stellar radius: 0.797485 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.81 M☉
Stellar metallicity: -0.09 dex
Stellar age: 4 Gyr
Distance: 45.1342 parsecs
Right ascension: 18h13m59.73s
Declination: -42d34m32.60s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 2,012
Publication date: 2013-03
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: La Silla Observatory
Telescope: 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope
Instrument: CORALIE Spectrograph
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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