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ups And d | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/ups And d

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

ups And d

Orbiting ups And

Discovered in 1999 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: 1,999
Method: Radial Velocity
Radius: 12.5 R⊕
Mass: 3,257.741172 M⊕
Orbit: 1,276.46 days
Distance: 13.4054 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 1,276.46 days
Semi-major axis: 2.51329 AU
Eccentricity: 0.2987
Radius: 12.5 Earth radii
Mass: 3,257.741172 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 9.17 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 233.9 K
Insolation: 0.5308 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: ups And
Stars in system: 2
Known planets in system: 3
Spectral type: F8 V
Stellar temperature: 6,156.77 K
Stellar radius: 1.56 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.3 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.1014 dex
Stellar age: 5 Gyr
Distance: 13.4054 parsecs
Right ascension: 01h36m47.60s
Declination: +41d24m13.73s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 1,999
Publication date: 1999-12
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Multiple Observatories
Telescope: Multiple Telescopes
Instrument: Multiple Instruments
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from ups And d.

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