HD 101930 b | |
Discoverer: | Lovis, Mayor, Pepe et al. |
Discovery Site: | La Silla Observatory |
Discovered: | 14 February 2005 |
Discovery Method: | Doppler spectroscopy (HARPS) |
Apsis: | astron |
Aphelion: | 0.335AU |
Perihelion: | 0.077AU |
Semimajor: | 0.302AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.11 ± 0.02 |
Period: | 70.46 ± 0.18 d 0.1929 y |
Avg Speed: | 46.8 |
Time Periastron: | 2,453,145.0 ± 2.0 |
Arg Peri: | 251 ± 11 |
Semi-Amplitude: | 18.1 ± 0.4 |
Mass: | >0.30 (>95) |
HD 101930 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 101930. It has a minimum mass a third of Jupiter's, nearly the same as Saturn's so it is thought to be a gas giant. It orbits the star closer than Mercury, and the orbit is slightly eccentric.