| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 29 August 2016 |
| radial velocity | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 1.82 (± 0.07) AU[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.03 (± 0.04)[1] |
| 825.9 (± 6.2)[1] d | |
| 2455490.2 ± 177.3[1] | |
| −87.3 ± 77.7[1] | |
| Star | 38 Virginis |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 4.51 (± 0.5)[1] MJ |
38 Virginis b is a super-Jupiter exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star 38 Virginis about 108.5 light-years (33.26 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The exoplanet was found by using the radial velocity method, from radial-velocity measurements via observation of Doppler shifts in the spectrum of the planet's parent star.