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HD 216536 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/HD 216536 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

HD 216536 b

Orbiting HD 216536

Discovered in 2015 using Radial Velocity. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of HD 216536 b — Generic category artwork—not a direct imageApex Andromeda catalog artwork

Discovery: 2,015
Method: Radial Velocity
Radius: 13.8 R⊕
Mass: 333.7215 M⊕
Orbit: 148.60001 days
Distance: 376.233 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 148.60001 days
Semi-major axis: 0.61 AU
Eccentricity: 0.38
Radius: 13.8 Earth radii
Mass: 333.7215 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Msini
Density: 0.698 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 897.99 K
Insolation: 169.5666 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: HD 216536
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: K0
Stellar temperature: 4,639 K
Stellar radius: 9.83 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.81 M☉
Stellar metallicity: -0.17 dex
Stellar age: 3.8 Gyr
Distance: 376.233 parsecs
Right ascension: 22h53m03.98s
Declination: +44d28m39.83s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 2,015
Publication date: 2015-04
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: McDonald Observatory
Telescope: 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Instrument: High Resolution Spectrograph
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from HD 216536 b.

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of HD 216536 b — Apex Andromeda catalog artwork