Astronomy:Nu2 Canis Majoris b
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Short description: Water cloud jovian extrasolar planet in the constellation Canis Major
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Wittenmyer, Robert A |
| Discovery date | December 2011 |
| Radial Velocity | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 1.9 ± 0.1 AU (284,000,000 ± 15,000,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14 ± 0.06 |
| Orbital period | 763 ± 17 d |
| astron|astron|helion}} | 2455520 ± 89 |
| 12 ± 41 | |
| Star | Nu2 Canis Majoris |
Nu2 Canis Majoris b, (7 CMa b) is a water cloud jovian extrasolar planet orbiting the star Nu2 Canis Majoris, approximately 64.71 light years away in the constellation of Canis Major. It was discovered in 2011 by Wittenmyer, R. by radial velocity.[1]
References
- ↑ Wittenmyer; Endl, M.; Wang, L.; Johnson, J. A.W.; Tinney, C.G.; O'Toole, S.J. (2011). "The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. I. A Giant Planet Orbiting 7 CMa". The Astrophysical Journal 743 (2): 7. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/184. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...743..184W. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/184/pdf.
External links
- California Institute of Technology. "7 CMa b". http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/DisplayOverview/nph-DisplayOverview?objname=7+CMa+b&type=CONFIRMED_PLANET.
- Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. "7 CMa b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/7_cma_b--1021/.
- Exoplanet Orbit Database. "Exoplanets - Detail View". http://exoplanets.org/detail/7_CMa_b.
Coordinates: 
06h 36m 41.04s, −19° 15′ 21.2″
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