gam Cep b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

gam Cep b is a gas giant orbiting gam Cep, completing an orbit every 913 days, about 46 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2003 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

gam Cep

Spectral type

K1 III-IV

Temperature

4,775 K

Mass

1.27 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

2003

Knowledge connections

Orbitsgam Cep
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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