HD 141937 b

HD 141937 b
Extrasolar planet List of extrasolar planets
Parent star
Star HD 141937
Constellation Libra
Right ascension (α) 15h 52m 17.5474s
Declination (δ) −18° 26′ 09.834″
Distance 109 ly
(33.5 pc)
Spectral type G2/G3V
Orbital elements
Semimajor axis (a) 1.52 AU
Periastron (q) 0.90 AU
Apastron (Q) 2.14 AU
Eccentricity (e) 0.41 ± 0.01
Orbital period (P) 653.2 ± 1.2 d
(1.788 y)
Orbital speed (υ) 25.4 km/s
Argument of
periastron
(ω) 187.72 ± 0.8°
Time of periastron (T0) 2,451,847.4 ± 2.0 JD
Semi-amplitude (K) 234.5 ± 6.4 m/s
Physical characteristics
Minimum mass (m sin i) 9.68 MJ
(3080 M)
Discovery information
Discovery date August 19, 2002
Discoverer(s) Udry et al.
Detection method radial velocity
(CORALIE)
Discovery site La Silla Observatory
Discovery status Published
Other designations
HIP 77740 b
Database references
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data
SIMBAD data

HD 141937 b is an extrasolar planet discovered in August 2002 with mass of 9.7 times Jupiter. The mass is minimum since the inclination of the orbit is unknown, which will probably be a brown dwarf instead if the true mass is known. 653-day orbit would place the distance one and a half times farther away from the star as Earth is from the Sun with high eccentricity of 41%.

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Coordinates: 15h 52m 17.5474s, −18° 26′ 09.834″