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Ross 458 c | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/Ross 458 c

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

Ross 458 c

Orbiting Ross 458

Discovered in 2010 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,010
Method: Imaging
Radius: 14.01125 R⊕
Mass: 1,906.98 M⊕
Orbit: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Distance: 11.5094 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Semi-major axis: 1,100 AU
Eccentricity: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Radius: 14.01125 Earth radii
Mass: 1,906.98 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 3.81 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 4.32 K
Insolation: 0 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: Ross 458
Stars in system: 2
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: M2
Stellar temperature: 3,965.42 K
Stellar radius: 0.562566 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.556419 M☉
Stellar metallicity: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar age: 0.5 Gyr
Distance: 11.5094 parsecs
Right ascension: 13h00m45.89s
Declination: +12d22m32.16s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,010
Publication date: 2010-12
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Las Campanas Observatory
Telescope: 6.5 m Magellan I Baade Telescope
Instrument: FIRE Spectrograph
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from Ross 458 c.

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