8 UMi b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

8 UMi b is a gas giant orbiting 8 UMi, completing an orbit every 93 days, about 530 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2015 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

Baekdu

Spectral type

K0

Temperature

4,847 K

Mass

1.51 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

2015

Knowledge connections

OrbitsBaekdu
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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