4 UMa b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

4 UMa b is a gas giant orbiting 4 UMa, completing an orbit every 270 days, about 240 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2006 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

4 Ursae Majoris

Spectral type

K1 III

Temperature

4,415 K

Mass

1.234 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

2006

Knowledge connections

Orbits4 Ursae Majoris
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

Loading…