Gliese 832 b (Gl 832 b or GJ 832 b) is an extrasolar planet located approximately 16 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Grus, orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 832.[1]
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Discovered by | Bailey et al. |
Discovery site | Anglo-Australian Observatory |
Discovery date | September 1, 2008 |
Detection method | Doppler spectroscopy |
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Semi-major axis | 3.4 ± 0.4 AU (509,000,000 ± 60,000,000 km) |
Eccentricity | 0.12 ± 0.11 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3416 ± 131 d 9.352 y |
Time of periastron | 1211 ± 353 |
Star | Gliese 832 |
The planet takes 3416 days to revolve at an orbital distance of 3.4 AU; this is the longest-period Jupiter-like planet orbiting a red dwarf.[2] The brightness of the faint parent star at that distance corresponds to the brightness of the Sun from 80 AU (or a 100 times brighter than a full Moon as seen from Earth).
The planet was discovered in the Anglo-Australian Observatory on September 1, 2008.
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