HD 2638 b explained

HD 2638 b
Discoverer:Moutou, Mayor,
Bouchy et al.
Discovery Site:Geneva
Discovered:2005
Discovery Method:Radial velocity
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.044AU
Eccentricity:0
Period:3.4442 ± 0.0002 d
Time Periastron:2,453,323.206
± 0.002
Arg Peri:0
Semi-Amplitude:67.4 ± 0.4
Star:HD 2638
Mass:>0.48

HD 2638 b is a planet of the star HD 2638. It is a typical "hot Jupiter", a planet that orbits its parent star in a very tight "torch orbit". The distance to the star is less than 1/20 Earth's distance from the Sun. One orbital revolution lasts only about three and half days.

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