HD 60532 b

HD 60532 b
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Parent star
Star HD 60532
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension (α) 07h 34m 03.1805s
Declination (δ) –22° 17 45.841
Apparent magnitude (mV) 4.458
Distance83.8 ly
(25.7 pc)
Spectral type F6V
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.77 AU
(115 Gm)
Periastron (q) 0.56 AU
(83 Gm)
Apastron (Q) 0.98 AU
(147 Gm)
Eccentricity (e) 0.278 ± 0.006
Orbital period(P) 201.83 ± 0.14 d
(0.55257 y)
Inclination (i) ~20°
Argument of
periastron
(ω) 352.83 ± 1.05°
Time of periastron (T0) 2454000 JD
Physical characteristics
Mass(m)3.15 MJ
Discovery information
Discovery date September 22, 2008
Discoverer(s) Desort et al.
Discovery method Doppler spectroscopy
Discovery site La Silla Observatory
Discovery status Published
Database references
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Open Exoplanet Cataloguedata

HD 60532 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 84 light-years away in the constellation of Puppis, orbiting the star HD 60532. This planet has a true mass of 3.15 times more than Jupiter which orbits at 0.77 AU and takes 201.83 days to revolve in an eccentric orbit. This planet was discovered on September 22, 2008 in La Silla Observatory using the HARPS spectrograph. On this same day, the second planet in this system, HD 60532 c, was discovered in a 1:3 orbital resonance.

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Coordinates: 07h 34m 03.1805s, −22° 17′ 45.841″


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