Exoplanet · gas giant
SR 12 AB c
SR 12 AB c is a gas giant orbiting the star SR 12 AB. It was discovered in 2010 by the Imaging method.
| Host star | SR 12 AB |
|---|---|
| Distance | 366.3 light-years (112.3 pc) |
| Radius | 12.3 R⊕ · 1.1 R♃ |
| Mass | 4,130 M⊕ · 13 M♃ |
| Density | 12.2 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 27.3 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Imaging |
| Discovery year | 2010 |
| Discovered by | Infrared Survey Facility |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.36. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 65° N. South of latitude 65° S 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 1660. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.5 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.