HD 32518 b is an extrasolar planet which orbits the K-type giant star HD 32518, located 399.7 light years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. It has a minimum mass three times greater than Jupiter and orbits the intermediate-mass giant star at a distance of only 0.59 AU in a very circular orbit. The orbit takes 10.35 months to complete one round trip around the star.[1] This planet was detected by the radial velocity method on August 12, 2009.
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Discovered by | Döllinger et al. |
Discovery site | TLS |
Discovery date | August 12, 2009 |
Detection method | Radial velocity |
Orbital characteristics | |
Apastron | 0.60 AU (90,000,000 km) |
Periastron | 0.58 AU (87,000,000 km) |
Semi-major axis | 0.59 ± 0.03 AU (88,300,000 ± 4,500,000 km) |
Eccentricity | 0.01 ± 0.03 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 157.54 ± 0.38 d 0.4313 ± 0.001 y |
Time of periastron | 2452950.29 ± 13.66 |
Argument of periastron | 306.11 ± 126.71 |
Star | HD 32518 |
For the 100th anniversary of the IAU HD 32518 and the planet HD 32518b were selected NameExoWorlds campaigns for Germany. The approved name of the planet HD 32518 b is Neri, named after the river Neri in Ethiopia, which runs through parts of the Mago National park. The name was suggested by pupils of a physics course at the Max-Born-Gymnasium in Neckargemünd.[2][3][4]
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