Exoplanet · gas giant
HD 130322 b
HD 130322 b is a gas giant orbiting the star Mönch. Its year lasts 10.7 Earth days. It was discovered in 1999 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | Mönch |
|---|---|
| Distance | 104.0 light-years (31.9 pc) |
| Orbital period | 10.7 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0925 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.029 |
| Radius | 13.7 R⊕ · 1.22 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 365 M⊕ · 1.15 M♃ |
| Density | 0.781 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 720 K (447 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 68 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 1999 |
| Discovered by | La Silla Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 68 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 4.9° across: 9.2 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.04); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1922. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.