HD 168443 b is a planet with a minimum mass seven times as that of Jupiter. Given the high mass, this planet is likely to be a gas giant, or possibly a small brown dwarf depending on the orbital inclination. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, and its surface temperature is likely to be very high. It was discovered in 1999 using radial velocity measurements taken at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.[1]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Butler, Marcy et al. |
| Discovery site | Hawaii, United States |
| Discovery date | September 9, 1998 |
| Doppler spectroscopy | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.29 AU (43,000,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.529 ± 0.02 |
| 58.116 ± 0.001 d | |
| 2,451,616.36 ± 0.02 | |
| 172.9 | |
| Semi-amplitude | 475.9 ± 1.6 |
| Star | HD 168443 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Marcy, Geoffrey W.; et al. (1999). "Two New Planets in Eccentric Orbits". The Astrophysical Journal. 520 (1): 239–247. arXiv:astro-ph/9904275. Bibcode:1999ApJ...520..239M. doi:10.1086/307451. S2CID 16827678.
External links edit
- "HD 168443". Exoplanets. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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