Astronomy:HD 12661 b

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Short description: Extrasolar planet in the constellation Aries
HD 12661 b
The exoplanet HD 12661 b (min mass ~2.3 MJ) as rendered by Celestia
Discovery
Discovered byFischer et al.
Discovery siteCalifornia & Carnegie
Planet Search
 USA
Discovery dateApril 4, 2001
Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
0.834 ± 0.048 AU (124,800,000 ± 7,200,000 km)
Eccentricity0.361 ± 0.011
Orbital period262.53 ± 0.27 d
astron|astron|helion}}2,450,214.1 ± 2.9
296.3±2.6
Semi-amplitude74.19 ± 0.85
StarHD 12661
Physical characteristics
Mass>2.34 ± 0.19 |♃|J}}}}}}


HD 12661 b is a giant exoplanet two and a half times the mass of Jupiter orbiting around the star HD 12661.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Fischer, Debra A. et al. (2001). "Planetary Companions to HD 12661, HD 92788, and HD 38529 and Variations in Keplerian Residuals of Extrasolar Planets". The Astrophysical Journal 551 (2): 1107–1118. doi:10.1086/320224. Bibcode: 2001ApJ...551.1107F. 

Coordinates: Sky map 02h 04m 34.36s, +25° 24′ 53″