HD 169830 b explained

HD 169830 b
Discoverer:Mayor, Udry et al.
Discovery Site: France
Discovered:April 15, 2000
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.818AU
Eccentricity:0.332 ± 0.03
Period:226.01 ± 0.23 d
Time Periastron:2,451,923 ± 1
Arg Peri:148 ± 2
Semi-Amplitude:80.7 ± 0.9

HD 169830 b is an extrasolar planet three times the mass of Jupiter. Due to its high mass, it is most likely a gas giant planet, akin to Jupiter and Saturn in the Solar System. This planet at 0.8 AU is slightly farther out than Venus is in the Solar System, orbiting around its star every 262 days.

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