Extrasolar planet | List of extrasolar planets | |
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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) |
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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) |
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Discovery site | La Silla Observatory | |
Discovery status | Published | |
Other designations | ||
HIP 77740 b
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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%.