Extrasolar planet | List of extrasolar planets | |
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Parent star | ||
Star | BD-08°2823 | |
Constellation | Sextans | |
Right ascension | (α) | 10h 00m 47.7213s |
Declination | (δ) | –09° 31′ 00.046″ |
Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 9.86 |
Distance | 137.3 ± 9.8 ly (43.9 ± 3 pc) |
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Spectral type | K3V | |
Orbital elements | ||
Semimajor axis | (a) | 0.68 AU (101 Gm) |
Periastron | (q) | 0.55 AU (82 Gm) |
Apastron | (Q) | 0.80 AU (120 Gm) |
Eccentricity | (e) | 0.19 |
Orbital period | (P) | 237.6 d (0.6505 y) |
Orbital speed | (υ) | 31 km/s |
Argument of periastron |
(ω) | -233 ± 21° |
Time of periastron | (T0) | 2454193 ± 13 JD |
Semi-amplitude | (K) | 13.4 ± 1.0 m/s |
Physical characteristics | ||
Minimum mass | (m sin i) | 0.33 MJ |
Discovery information | ||
Discovery date | October 19, 2009 | |
Discoverer(s) | Hebrard et al. | |
Detection method | Radial velocity (HARPS) | |
Discovery site | La Silla Observatory | |
Discovery status | Preprint | |
Database references | ||
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia |
data | |
SIMBAD | data |
BD-08°2823 c (also known as HIP 49067 c) is an extrasolar planet which orbits the K-type main sequence star BD-08°2823, located approximately 137 light years away in the constellation Sextans. This planet has at least one-thirds the mass of Jupiter and takes 7.8 months to orbit the star at a semimajor axis of 0.68 AU. This planet was detected by HARPS on October 19, 2009, together with 29 other planets, including BD-08°2823 b.