HD 76700 b is an exoplanet orbiting the G-type main sequence star HD 76700 approximately 198 light years away in the southern constellation Volans. The planet was discovered in 2002, and was announced in 2003.
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Tinney, Butler, Marcy et al. |
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Discovery date | July 5, 2002 |
Detection method | Radial velocity |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.0511 ± 0.0030 AU (7,640,000 ± 450,000 km)[2] |
Eccentricity | 0.10±0.08[3] |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.97097±0.00023 d[3] |
Time of perihelion | 2451213.32±0.67 JD[2] |
Argument of perihelion | 30°[2] |
Semi-amplitude | 27.6±1.7 |
Star | HD 76700 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.99 RJ |
Mass | 0.21±0.03 MJ[3] |
Surface gravity | 5.82 m/s2 |
Temperature | 1316+85 −252 K |
In 2002, a group of scientists detected planets around multiple stars, along with HD 76700. Unlike the other planets, HD 76700 b has a short and circular orbit. However, according to the newest data, the planet's orbit may be slightly eccentric.
Due to the planet's high mass, it's a gas giant similar to Saturn. HD 76700 b was detected indirectly, so properties such as its radius, inclination, and temperature is unknown. HD 76700 b has a short 4 day orbit around its host due to it being 8 times closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
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