HD 47536 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 400 light-years away. Its inclination and thereby true mass is being calculated via astrometry with Hubble. The astrometricians expect publication by mid-2009.[3]
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| Discovered by | Setiawan et al.[1] |
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| Discovery date | January 22, 2003[2] |
Detection method | Radial velocity |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Apastron | 1.96 AU (293,000,000 km) |
| Periastron | 1.26 AU (188,000,000 km) |
Semi-major axis | 1.61 AU (241,000,000 km) |
| Eccentricity | 0.2 ± 0.08 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 430 d 1.18 y |
Average orbital speed | 40.8 |
Time of periastron | 2,451,599 ± 21.5 |
Argument of periastron | 260.8 ± 23.7 |
| Semi-amplitude | 113 ± 11 |
| Star | HD 47536 |
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