rho CrB b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

rho CrB b is a gas giant orbiting rho CrB, completing an orbit every 40 days, about 57 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 1997 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

Rho Coronae Borealis

Spectral type

G0

Temperature

5,817 K

Mass

1 M☉

Planetary system — rho CrB system

View the rho CrB system (3 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
rho CrB eRadial Velocity · 2023	Super-Earth	1.75	12.904	57
rho CrB bRadial Velocity · 1997	Gas giant	13.7	39.849	57
rho CrB cRadial Velocity · 2016	Gas giant	5.68	102	57

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

1997

Knowledge connections

OrbitsRho Coronae Borealis
Member of systemrho CrB system
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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