Rho Indi b
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Jones et al. |
| Discovery site | Australia |
| Discovery date | Sept 17, 2002 |
| Doppler Spectroscopy | |
| Designations | |
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HD 216437 b HIP 113137 b | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Periastron | 1.727 AU |
| Apastron | 3.345 AU |
| 2.536 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.319±0.025 |
|
1353±25 d (3.704 y) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.92 km/s |
| Inclination | ? |
| 95.698 mas | |
| 67.7±8.4° | |
| 2,450,605±29 JD | |
| Semi-amplitude | 39.0±1.0 m/s |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | >2.26 MJ |
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Rho Indi b is a planet that orbits around Rho Indi. Its semimajor axis is 2.54 AU placing just outside the star’s habitable zone. The planet takes 3.7 years to orbit the star. It is over twice as massive as Jupiter.
See also
References
- Jones; Paul Butler, R.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Tinney, Chris G.; Penny, Alan J.; McCarthy, Chris; Carter, Brad D. (2002). "Extrasolar planets around HD 196050, HD 216437 and HD 160691" (abstract). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 337 (4): 1170–1178. arXiv:astro-ph/0206216. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.337.1170J. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05787.x.web preprint
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Coordinates: 
22h 54m 39.4833s, −70° 04′ 25.352″
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