HD 76700 b

HD 76700 b
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Parent star
Star HD 76700
Constellation Volans
Right ascension (α) 08h 53m 55.5153s
Declination (δ) –66° 48 03.571
Distance194.6 ly
(59.70 pc)
Spectral type G6V
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.0511±0.0030 AU
Periastron (q) 0.0462 AU
Apastron (Q) 0.0560 AU
Eccentricity (e) 0.095±0.075
Orbital period(P) 3.97097±0.00023 d
(0.0108717 y)
Orbital speed (υ) 140 km/s
Argument of
periastron
(ω) 30°
Time of periastron (T0) 2,451,213.32±0.67 JD
Semi-amplitude (K) 27.6±1.7 m/s
Physical characteristics
Minimum mass(m sin i)0.233±0.024 MJ
(74.1 M)
Discovery information
Discovery date July 5, 2002
Discoverer(s) Tinney, Butler,
Marcy et al.
Discovery method Radial velocity
Discovery site Geneva Observatory in Switzerland
Discovery status Published
Database references
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Open Exoplanet Cataloguedata

HD 76700 b is an exoplanet discovered orbiting the star in 2002. The planet is a hot Jupiter with a mass at least 0.233 times that of Jupiter. It orbits very close to its parent star and completes one orbit in less than four days.[1][2]

References

  1. Tinney, C. G.; et al. (2003). "Four New Planets Orbiting Metal-enriched Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 587 (1): 423–428. arXiv:astro-ph/0207128. Bibcode:2003ApJ...587..423T. doi:10.1086/368068.
  2. Butler, R. P.; et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 646 (1): 505–522. arXiv:astro-ph/0607493. Bibcode:2006ApJ...646..505B. doi:10.1086/504701.

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Coordinates: 08h 53m 55.5153s, −66° 48′ 03.571″


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