Exoplanet · gas giant
HD 103720 b
HD 103720 b is a gas giant orbiting the star HD 103720. Its year lasts 4.56 Earth days. It was discovered in 2014 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | HD 103720 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 148.5 light-years (45.5 pc) |
| Orbital period | 4.56 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0498 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.086 |
| Radius | 14.1 R⊕ · 1.26 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 197 M⊕ · 0.62 M♃ |
| Density | 0.386 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 926 K (653 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 140 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2014 |
| Discovered by | La Silla Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 140 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 7.8° across: 15 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.50. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 87° N. 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 1877. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.6 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.