47 Ursae Majoris d explained

47 Ursae Majoris d
Discoverer:Gregory and Fischer
Discovery Site: United States
Discovered:6 March 2010
Discovery Method:Doppler spectroscopy
(Bayesian Kepler periodogram)
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:11.6 AU
Eccentricity:0.16
Period:14,002 d
~38.33 y
Time Periastron:2,451,736
Arg Peri:110

47 Ursae Majoris d (sometimes abbreviated 47 Uma d) is an extrasolar planet approximately 46 light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. The planet was discovered located in a long-period orbit (38 years) around the star 47 Ursae Majoris. As of 2011, it is the outermost of three known planets in its planetary system. It has a mass of at least 1.64 times that of Jupiter. It is the longest-period planet detected by Doppler spectroscopy. The evidence of this planet was found by Bayesian Kepler periodogram in March 2010.

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