Radial Velocity Comparison Tables
| Planet | Planet Type |
Semimajor Axis (AU) |
Orbital Period |
Radial velocity (m/s) |
Detectable by: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 Pegasi b | Hot Jupiter | 0.05 | 4.23 days | 55.9 | First-generation spectrograph |
| 55 Cancri d | Gas giant | 5.77 | 14.29 years | 45.2 | First-generation spectrograph |
| Jupiter | Gas giant | 5.20 | 11.86 years | 12.4 | First-generation spectrograph |
| Gliese 581c | Super-Earth | 0.07 | 12.92 days | 3.18 | Second-generation spectrograph |
| Saturn | Gas giant | 9.58 | 29.46 years | 2.75 | Second-generation spectrograph |
| Alpha Centauri Bb | Terrestrial planet | 0.04 | 3.23 days | 0.510 | Second-generation spectrograph |
| Neptune | Ice giant | 30.10 | 164.79 years | 0.281 | Third-generation spectrograph |
| Earth | Habitable planet | 1.00 | 365.26 days | 0.089 | Third-generation spectrograph (likely) |
| Pluto | Dwarf planet | 39.26 | 246.04 years | 0.00003 | Not detectable |
| Stellar mass (M☉) |
Planetary mass (M⊕) |
Lum. (L0) |
Type | RHAB (AU) |
RV (cm/s) |
Period (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10 | 1.0 | 8×10−4 | M8 | 0.028 | 168 | 6 |
| 0.21 | 1.0 | 7.9×10−3 | M5 | 0.089 | 65 | 21 |
| 0.47 | 1.0 | 6.3×10−2 | M0 | 0.25 | 26 | 67 |
| 0.65 | 1.0 | 1.6×10−1 | K5 | 0.40 | 18 | 115 |
| 0.78 | 2.0 | 4.0×10−1 | K0 | 0.63 | 25 | 209 |
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