HD 101930 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 101930. It has a minimum mass a third of Jupiter's, nearly the same as Saturn's so it is thought to be a gas giant. It orbits the star closer than Mercury, and the orbit is slightly eccentric.[1]
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Lovis, Mayor, Pepe et al.[1] |
| Discovery site | La Silla Observatory |
| Discovery date | 14 February 2005 |
Detection method | Doppler spectroscopy (HARPS) |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Apastron | 0.335 AU (50,100,000 km) |
| Periastron | 0.077 AU (11,500,000 km) |
Semi-major axis | 0.302 AU (45,200,000 km) |
| Eccentricity | 0.11 ± 0.02 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 70.46 ± 0.18 d 0.1929 y |
Average orbital speed | 46.8 |
Time of periastron | 2,453,145.0 ± 2.0 |
Argument of periastron | 251 ± 11 |
| Semi-amplitude | 18.1 ± 0.4 |
| Star | HD 101930 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | >0.30 MJ (>95 MEarth) |
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