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HD 102329 c

HD 102329 c is a gas giant orbiting the star HD 102329. Its year lasts 1,120 Earth days. It was discovered in 2016 by the Radial Velocity method.

Host starHD 102329
Distance708.1 light-years (217.1 pc)
Orbital period3.07 years
Eccentricity0.209
Radius13.5 R⊕ · 1.2 R♃
Mass (minimum)483 M⊕ · 1.52 M♃
Density1.08 g/cm³
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery year2016
Discovered byW. M. Keck Observatory

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.88); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 87° S. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1318. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

Planets in the same system

Open in the simulation

Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.