Discovery Method
Imaging
Consistent across records
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HD 100546 b
Host star HD 100546 • 77.34 R⊕
Records
1
archive rows
Discovery
2014
Imaging
Radius
77.34 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
2701.5 M⊕
default parameter set
HD 100546
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Quanz et al. 2015
Host Star
HD 100546
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2014
Stable across source rows
Semi-Major Axis
53 au
single adopted value
Radius
77.34 Rearth
single adopted value
Mass
2701.5 Mearth
single adopted value
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 77.34 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
HD 100546 b
77.34 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
1
Refs
1
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Radiusstable
Massstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope | — | 77.34 Rearth | 2701.5 Mearth | — | Quanz et al. 2015 |