Polus

Physical properties

Radius:

6.9 Jupiter radii^[1]

Mass:

8.5 Jupiter masses^[1]

Volume*:

4.7×10¹⁷ km³

Surface area*:

2.92×10¹² km²

Density*:

0.03431 g/cm³

Surface gravity*:

4.63 m/s²

Orbit

Orbital radius:

53 AU^[1]

Orbital period:

249.2 yr^[1]

Artist's impression

HD 100546 b, also known as KR Muscae b, is a gas-giant exoplanet orbiting the star HD 100546. It is currently forming from a protoplanetary disk. It was discovered in 2014 through imaging.

It has a mass 8.5 times that of Jupiter, and a radius 6.9 times that of Jupiter,^[1] although both values have some uncertainty. It is one of the largest known exoplanets.

References

1. NASA - HD 100546 b

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