| Proper Name | Melquíades | | Designations | Macondo b, Gliese 1137 b, HD 93083 b, HIP 52521 b | | Classification | Gas giant | | Orbital Period | 143 days, 14 hours | | Mean Distance from Macondo | 71.4 million km
0.477 AU | | Mass | 0.37 x Jupiter | | Diameter | Not known | | Temperature | 292 K (19°C) | | Parent star | Macondo (Gliese 1137), orange dwarf in Antlia | | Other planets in this system | None | | Notes | The sole known planet of the dwarf star Macondo in the constellation of Antlia, Melquíades is a low-mass gas giant. It orbits its star at a distance approximately half that of Earth around the Sun, but this places it within the habitable zone of its relatively low-luminosity star. Theoretically, any large moons in orbit around Melquíades, or planets at the Trojan points of its orbit around Macondo, would have conditions suitable for the development of life. |
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