HD 187085 b explained

HD 187085 b
Discoverer:Jones et al.
Discovery Site: Australia
Discovered:March 14, 2006
Apsis:astron
Aphelion:2.72AU
Perihelion:1.38AU
Semimajor:2.05AU
Eccentricity:0.33[1]
Period:986 d
2.70 y
Avg Speed:22.7
Time Periastron:2,450,912
Arg Peri:94
Semi-Amplitude:26
Mass:>0.75

HD 187085 b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2006 by a team led by Hugh Jones. HD 187085 b orbits its star in a highly eccentric orbit. The discovery was made as part of the Anglo-Australian Planet Search.

Their interpretation of the data set the eccentricity at 0.47. Using a statistical computer program, another team reinterpreted the same data for a lower eccentricity of 0.33.

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Notes and References

  1. ExoFit: Orbital Parameters of Extra-solar Planets from Radial Velocities . 2008 . 0805.3532v1 . astro-ph . Balan . Sreekumar T. . Ofer Lahav.