Astronomy:HD 169830 b
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Short description: Gas giant orbiting HD 169830
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Mayor, Udry et al. |
| Discovery site |  France |
| Discovery date | April 15, 2000[1] |
| Radial velocity | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.818 AU (122,400,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.332 ± 0.03 |
| Orbital period | 226.01 ± 0.23 d |
| astron|astron|helion}} | 2,451,923 ± 1 |
| 148 ± 2 | |
| Semi-amplitude | 80.7 ± 0.9 |
| Star | HD 169830 |
HD 169830 b is an extrasolar planet[2] three times the mass of Jupiter. Due to its high mass, it is most likely a gas giant planet, akin to Jupiter and Saturn in the Solar System. This planet at 0.8 AU is slightly farther out than Venus is in the Solar System, orbiting around its star every 262 days.
See also
References
- ↑ "Exoplanets Galore!" (Press release). Garching, Germany: European Southern Observatory. April 15, 2000. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- ↑ Naef, D. et al. (2001). "The CORALIE survey for southern extrasolar planets V. 3 new extrasolar planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics 375 (1): 205–218. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010841. Bibcode: 2001A&A...375..205N. http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2001/31/aa10239/aa10239.html.
- Mayor et al. (2004). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XII. Orbital solutions for 16 extra-solar planets discovered with CORALIE". Astronomy and Astrophysics 415: 391–402. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034250. Bibcode: 2004A&A...415..391M. http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2004/07/aa0250/aa0250.html.
Coordinates: 
18h 27m 49.4838s, −29° 49′ 00.715″
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