7 CMa b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

7 CMa b is a gas giant orbiting 7 CMa, completing an orbit every 735 days, about 65 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2011 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

7 Canis Majoris

Spectral type

K1III(+M)

Temperature

4,826 K

Mass

1.34 M☉

Planetary system — 7 CMa system

View the 7 CMa system (2 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
7 CMa bRadial Velocity · 2011	Gas giant	13.4	735	65
7 CMa cRadial Velocity · 2019	Gas giant	13.9	996	65

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

2011

Knowledge connections

Orbits7 Canis Majoris
Member of system7 CMa system
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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