Exoplanet · gas giant
UZ For b
UZ For b is a gas giant orbiting the star UZ For. Its year lasts 5,840 Earth days. It was discovered in 2011 by the Eclipse Timing Variations method.
| Host star | UZ For |
|---|---|
| Distance | 781.5 light-years (239.6 pc) |
| Orbital period | 16 years |
| Orbital radius | 5.9 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.040 |
| Mass | 2,000 M⊕ · 6.3 M♃ |
| Discovery method | Eclipse Timing Variations |
| Discovery year | 2011 |
| Discovered by | Multiple Observatories |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.78. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 64° N. South of latitude 64° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1245. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 14 million years.
Planets in the same system
- UZ For c 1,920-day orbit
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.