Exoplanet · gas giant
rho CrB b
rho CrB b is a gas giant orbiting the star ρ CrB. Its year lasts 39.8 Earth days. It was discovered in 1997 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | ρ CrB |
|---|---|
| Distance | 57.0 light-years (17.5 pc) |
| Orbital period | 39.8 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.225 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.046 |
| Radius | 13.7 R⊕ · 1.22 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 348 M⊕ · 1.09 M♃ |
| Density | 0.744 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 614 K (341 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 34.7 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 1997 |
| Discovered by | Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 34.7 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 3.2° across: 6.1 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.39). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 57° S. North of latitude 57° N it never sets. 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 1969. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.0 million years.
Planets in the same system
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.