HD 114762

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HD 114762
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0
Constellation
(pronunciation)
Coma Berenices
Right ascension 13h 12m 20s
Declination +17° 31' 02"
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.30
Distance 132.3 ly
(40.6 pc)
Spectral type F9V
Other designations
BD+18°2700, HIP 64426, SAO 100458

HD 114762 is a yellow-white main sequence star. It is located in the dim constellation Coma Berenices. To see it, one needs a telescope or good binoculars.

[edit] HD 114762 b

HD 114762 b[1]
Extrasolar planet List of extrasolar planets
Orbital elements
Semimajor axis (a) 0.363 ± 0.021 AU
Eccentricity (e) 0.3359 ± 0.0091
Orbital period (P) 83.8881 ± 0.0086 d (0.23 y)
Angular distance (θ) 1.2 mas
Longitude of
periastron
(ω) 201.7 ± 1.4°
Time of periastron (T0) 2,449,805.36 ± 0.34 JD
Semi-amplitude (K) 615.2 ± 6.7 m/s
Physical characteristics
Mass (m) >11.02 ± 0.96 MJ
Discovery information
Discovery date 1989
Discoverer(s) Latham et al.
Detection method Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovery status Confirmed

HD 114762 b is an unseen companion to HD 114762, discovered in 1989 by David Latham and others.[2] As of 2006, insufficient confirmed measurements exist to determine whether it is a high mass gas giant, with its lowest possible mass being 11 times the mass of Jupiter, brown dwarf, or a red dwarf with its highest mass around 145 times.[3][4] It orbits the star around 83.89 days and an orbital eccentricity of 0.34.

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