HD 4308 b is a low-mass exoplanet orbiting around HD 4308. It is believed to have almost no orbital eccentricity.[1]
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Udry et al. |
Discovery site | California, United States |
Discovery date | 22 August 2005 |
Detection method | Doppler Spectroscopy |
Orbital characteristics | |
Apastron | 0.115 AU (17,200,000 km) |
Periastron | 0.115 AU (17,200,000 km) |
Semi-major axis | 0.115 ± 0.096 AU (17,200,000 ± 14,400,000 km) |
Eccentricity | 0.00 ± 0.01 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 15.56 ± 0.02 d 0.04260 y |
Time of periastron | 2,453,314.70 ±2.0 |
Argument of periastron | 359±47 |
Semi-amplitude | 4.07 ± 0.2 |
Star | HD 4308 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mass | >0.0442 MJ (>14 MEarth) |