Epsilon Pictoris c

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:exoplanet
gptkbp:atmosphere not confirmed
not fully characterized
potentially contains methane
gptkbp:average_temperature approximately 1200 K
gptkbp:companion_to Epsilon Pictoris A
gptkbp:contains_star A-type star
gptkbp:country multi-planet system
likely formed from protoplanetary disk
Epsilon Pictoris planetary system
gptkbp:discovery gptkb:University_of_Arizona
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
using adaptive optics
direct imaging
gptkbp:discovery_year gptkb:2012
gptkbp:distance_from_earth approximately 19.2 light-years
gptkbp:eccentricity 0.1
gptkbp:element not fully determined
gptkbp:growth_habit not habitable
gptkbp:has_field not well studied
gptkbp:has_radius approximately 1.2 times that of Jupiter
gptkbp:has_spectral_type not determined
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epsilon Pictoris c
gptkbp:is_observed_in observed
gptkbp:lighting not available
gptkbp:mass 1.5 solar masses
approximately 1.5 times that of Jupiter
1.5 MJ
19.2 light-years from Earth
gptkbp:orbit_type gptkb:Epsilon_Pictoris
elliptical orbit
gptkbp:orbital_altitude not specified
nearly circular
stable orbit
3.4 AU from Epsilon Pictoris
gptkbp:orbital_inclination approximately 30 degrees
gptkbp:orbital_period approximately 5.5 years
not in resonance
approximately 2000 days
gptkbp:parent_star Epsilon Pictoris A
gptkbp:planetary_characteristics gas giant characteristics.
gptkbp:planetary_discovery part of a larger survey
gptkbp:potential_for_moons gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:research atmospheric interference
high-contrast imaging
gptkbp:rotation_period not well known
gptkbp:semi_major_axis approximately 3.4 AU
gptkbp:surface approximately 24 m/s²
gptkbp:system approximately 20 million years
Epsilon Pictoris system
gptkbp:type gptkb:Giant
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Epsilon_Pictoris
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6