Astronomy:HD 69830 c

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Short description: Neptunian-sized planet orbiting HD 69830
HD 69830 c
Artwork showing a blurred globe and other celestial bodies, inspired by the asteroid belt of HD 69830.jpg
HD 69830 c
Discovery
Discovered byC. Lovis et al.[1]
Discovery dateMay 18, 2006
Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
0.181 ± 0.004 AU (27,080,000 ± 600,000 km)
Eccentricity0.03±0.027[2]
Orbital period31.6158±0.0051 d[2]
astron|astron|helion}}2,453,469.6 ± 2.8
221 ± 35
Semi-amplitude2.6±0.1 m/s[2]
StarHD 69830
Physical characteristics
Mass≥12.09+0.55
−0.54
 M
[2]
Physics~522 K


HD 69830 c is an exoplanet orbiting HD 69830. It is the second-closest planet in its system and has a minimum mass 12 times that of Earth. Based on theoretical modeling in the 2006 discovery paper, it is likely to be a rocky planet, not a gas giant.[1] However, other work has found that if it had formed as a gas giant, it would have stayed that way,[3] and it is now understood that planets this massive are rarely rocky.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lovis, Christophe et al. (2006). "An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets". Nature 441 (7091): 305–309. doi:10.1038/nature04828. PMID 16710412. Bibcode2006Natur.441..305L. http://obswww.unige.ch/~pernier/publications-www/articles-pdf-ps/2006Natur.441..305L.pdf. Retrieved 2013-11-22. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Laliotis, Katherine et al. (February 2023). "Doppler Constraints on Planetary Companions to Nearby Sun-like Stars: An Archival Radial Velocity Survey of Southern Targets for Proposed NASA Direct Imaging Missions". The Astronomical Journal 165 (4): 176. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acc067. Bibcode2023AJ....165..176L. 
  3. H. Lammer (2007). "The impact of nonthermal loss processes on planet masses from Neptunes to Jupiters". Geophysical Research Abstracts 9 (7850). http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2007/07850/EGU2007-J-07850.pdf?PHPSESSID=1eb3a7a98603083dda25d18001ea2a33. 
  4. Chen, Jingjing; Kipping, David (2017). "Probabilistic Forecasting of the Masses and Radii of Other Worlds". The Astrophysical Journal 834 (1): 17. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/17. Bibcode2017ApJ...834...17C. 

Coordinates: Sky map 08h 18m 23.9s, −12° 37′ 55.8″