Astronomy:HD 43691 b
From HandWiki
Short description: Massive gas giant or jovian exoplanet in the constellation of Auriga
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Da Silva et al.[1] |
| Discovery site | ELODIE planet-search program  |
| Discovery date | July 6th, 2007 |
| Doppler spectroscopy | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.238±0.015 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0796±0.0067[2] |
| Orbital period | 36.9987±0.0011[2] d |
| astron|astron|helion}} | 2463048.04±0.49[2] |
| 292.7±4.8[2] | |
| Semi-amplitude | 130.06±0.84[2] |
| Star | HD 43691 |
HD 43691 b is a massive jovian planet located approximately 280 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga. Because the inclination is unknown, only the minimum mass is known. The planet orbits close to the star, closer than Mercury to the Sun.
References
- ↑ da Silva, Ronaldo; Udry, Stéphane; Bouchy, François; Moutou, Claire; Mayor, Michel; Beuzit, Jean-Luc; Bonfils, Xavier; Delfosse, Xavier et al. (October 2007). "ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters IV. Intermediate period planets orbiting the stars HD 43691 and HD 132406". Astronomy and Astrophysics 473 (1): 323–328. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077314. Bibcode: 2007A&A...473..323D. http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2007/37/aa7314-07/aa7314-07.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ment, Kristo et al. (2018). "Radial Velocities from the N2K Project: Six New Cold Gas Giant Planets Orbiting HD 55696, HD 98736, HD 148164, HD 203473, and HD 211810". The Astronomical Journal 156 (5): 213. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aae1f5. Bibcode: 2018AJ....156..213M.
- "HD 43691". Exoplanets. http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=HD+43691. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
Coordinates: 
06h 19m 34.6771s, +41° 05′ 32.302″
de:HD 43691 b
 |  |
