Discovery Method
Imaging
Consistent across records
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GQ Lup b
Host star GQ Lup • 33.60 R⊕
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2004
Imaging
Radius
33.60 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
6356 M⊕
default parameter set
GQ Lup
2650 K equilibrium
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: Neuhäuser et al. 2008
Host Star
GQ Lup
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2004
Stable across source rows
Semi-Major Axis
100 au
single adopted value
Radius
33.60 Rearth
33.60 to 51.56
Mass
6356 Mearth
6356 to 9852.7
Equilibrium Temperature
2650 K
2400 to 2650
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 33.60 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
GQ Lup b
33.60 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope | — | 51.56 Rearth | 9852.7 Mearth | 2400 K | Zhou et al. 2014 |
| 2004 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope | — | 33.60 Rearth | 6356 Mearth | 2650 K | Neuhäuser et al. 2008 |