17 Sco b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

17 Sco b is a gas giant orbiting 17 Sco, completing an orbit every 578 days, about 408 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2020 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

Chi Scorpii

Spectral type

K3 III

Temperature

4,157 K

Mass

1.22 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

2020

Knowledge connections

OrbitsChi Scorpii
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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