79 Ceti b

79 Ceti b
Extrasolar planet List of extrasolar planets

An artist's conception of 79 Ceti b
Orbital elements
Semimajor axis (a) 0.363±0.021 AU
Eccentricity (e) 0.252±0.052
Orbital period (P) 75.523±0.055 d
Argument of
periastron
(ω) 42±14°
Time of periastron (T0) 2,450,338.0±3.0 JD
Semi-amplitude (K) 11.99±0.87 m/s
Physical characteristics
Mass (m) >0.260±0.028 MJ
Discovery information
Discovery date March 29, 2000
Discoverer(s) Marcy et al.
Detection method Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovery site Calif., USA
Discovery status Published

79 Ceti b (also known as HD 16141 b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting its star every 75 days. With HD 46375 b on March 29, 2000, it was the joint first known extrasolar planet to have minimum mass less than the mass of Saturn.

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Coordinates: 02h 35m 19.9283s, −03° 33′ 38.167″