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GQ Lup b

Host star GQ Lup • 42.58 R⊕

Records

2

archive rows

Discovery

Imaging

Radius

42.58 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

8104.4 M⊕

median non-null value

GQ Lup

2525 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

GQ Lup

Discovery

Imaging

Year

2004

Period

Radius

51.56 Rearth

Mass

9852.7 Mearth

Eq. Temp

2400 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 42.58 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

GQ Lup b

42.58 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

2

Refs

2

Methods

1

Discoverystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2004ImagingParanal Observatory8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope51.56 Rearth9852.7 Mearth2400 KZhou et al. 2014
2004ImagingParanal Observatory8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope33.60 Rearth6356 Mearth2650 KNeuhäuser et al. 2008