HD 83443 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 134 light-years away[2] in the constellation of Vela. It was discovered in 2000 by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search Team led by Michel Mayor.[1] It has a minimum mass comparable to Saturn, and its orbit is one of the shortest known, 1/25th that of Earth's. It takes only three days to complete one revolution around the star.[3]
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Discovered by | Mayor et al. |
Discovery site | France |
Discovery date | April 15, 2000[1] |
Detection method | Doppler Spectroscopy |
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Semi-major axis | 0.039 AU (5,800,000 km) |
Eccentricity | 0.013 ± 0.013 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 2.98565 ± 0.00003 d |
Time of periastron | 2,451,497.5 ± 0.3 |
Argument of periastron | 11 ± 11 |
Semi-amplitude | 56.3 ± 1.4 |
Star | HD 83443 |
The planet HD 83443 b is named Buru. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Kenya, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Buru means dust in the Dholuo language.[4][5]
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