Melquíades
HD 93083 b
IAU name «Melquíades» — Colombia, 2019 contest
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Planet
- Host star
- HD 93083
- Distance from Earth
- 28.5159 pc (≈ 93 light-years)
- NASA planet type
- Gas Giant
- Radius (Earth = 1)
- 14.3
- Mass (Earth = 1)
- 143.3406
- Orbital period
- 144.72 days
- Semi-major axis
- 0.508 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.118
- Equilibrium temperature
- 311.57 K
- Discovery method
- Radial Velocity
- Discovery year
- 2,005
- Discovery facility
- La Silla Observatory
- Host spectral type
- K2 IV-V
- Host temperature
- 5,033.8 K
- Host radius (Sun = 1)
- 0.837
- Host mass (Sun = 1)
- 0.836
- Host brightness
- 8.3 mag
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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Host star
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 93 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1933 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- Its radius is about 14 times Earth's (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
- One orbit takes about 144.7 Earth days — that is this planet's year.
Worked out from this object's official values.