Astronomy:79 Ceti b
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Short description: Extrasolar planet orbiting the star 79 Ceti b in the constellation Cetus
 An artist's conception of 79 Ceti b (min mass ~0.26 MJ), an exoplanet with a mass less than Saturn | |
| Discovery[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | California and Carnegie Planet Search |
| Discovery site | W. M. Keck Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 29, 2000 |
| Doppler spectroscopy | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.363 ± 0.021 AU (54,300,000 ± 3,100,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.252±0.052 |
| Orbital period | 75.523±0.055 d |
| astron|astron|helion}} | 2,450,338.0±3.0 |
| 42±14 | |
| Semi-amplitude | 11.99±0.87 |
| Star | 79 Ceti |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | >0.260±0.028 |♃|J}}}}}} |
79 Ceti b (also known as HD 16141 b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting 79 Ceti every 75 days. Discovered along with HD 46375 b on March 29, 2000, it was the joint first known extrasolar planet to have minimum mass less than the mass of Saturn.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Keck astronomers discover planets smaller than saturn" (Press release). Kamuela, Hawaii: W. M. Keck Observatory. March 29, 2000. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marcy, Geoffrey W. et al. (2000). "Sub-Saturn Planetary Candidates of HD 16141 and HD 46375". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 536 (1): L43–L46. doi:10.1086/312723. PMID 10849416. Bibcode: 2000ApJ...536L..43M.
- Butler, J. T. et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 646 (1): 505–522. doi:10.1086/504701. Bibcode: 2006ApJ...646..505B.
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Coordinates: 
02h 35m 19.9283s, −03° 33′ 38.167″
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