BD-10°3166 b explained

BD-10°3166 b
Discoverer:Butler, Vogt,
Marcy et al.
Discovery Site:California, United States
Discovered:22 April 2000
Discovery Method:Radial velocity
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.0452±
Eccentricity:0.019 ± 0.023
Period:3.48777 ± 0.00011 d
Time Periastron:2,451,171.22 ± 0.69
Arg Peri:334
Semi-Amplitude:60.9 ± 1.4
Star:BD-10°3166

BD-10°3166 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 268 light-years away in the constellation of Crater. This planet is a so-called "Hot Jupiter," a planet that orbits its parent star in a very close orbit. Distance to the star is less than 1/20th Earth's distance from the Sun. No transits by the planet have been detected, so the planet's orbital plane cannot be exactly aligned with our direction of view.

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