Gliese 317 b

Gliese 317 b is an exoplanet that orbits the red dwarf Gliese 317 every 692.9 days . Due to its high mass , it is assumed that it is a gas planet .

discovery

The planet was discovered using the radial velocity method by John A. Johnson and R. Paul Butler in 2007 .

Circulation and mass

The planet orbits its star at a distance of approx. 0.95 astronomical units and has a mass of approx. 381.5 Earth masses or 1.2 Jupiter masses.

See also

• Gliese 317 c

Web links

• The exoplanet in the "Encyclopedia of Extrasolar Planets"