61 Virginis d (abbreviated 61 Vir d, also designated as HD 115617[1]) is a proposed exoplanet orbiting the 5th apparent-magnitude G-type main-sequence star 61 Virginis in the constellation Virgo. 61 Virginis d would have a minimum mass of 22.9 times that of Earth and orbits nearly one-half the distance to the star as Earth orbits the Sun with an eccentricity of 0.35. This planet would most likely be a gas giant like Uranus and Neptune.
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Discovered by | Vogt et al. |
Discovery site | Keck Observatory Anglo-Australian Observatory |
Discovery date | 2009-12-14 |
Detection method | Radial velocity |
Orbital characteristics | |
Apastron | 0.640 AU (95,700,000 km) |
Periastron | 0.311 AU (46,500,000 km) |
Semi-major axis | 0.476±0.001 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.35±0.09 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 123.01±0.55 d 0.33678 y |
Average orbital speed | 42.2 |
Time of periastron | 2453369.166 |
Argument of periastron | 314±20 |
Star | 61 Virginis |
This planet was induced on 14 December 2009 from using a precise radial velocity method taken at Keck and Anglo-Australian Observatories.[2][3] As of 2012 it has not been confirmed by other measurements such as from HARPS,[4] and in 2021 it was found to be a false positive.[5]: 75
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