HD 60532 b explained

HD 60532 b
Discoverer:Desort et al.
Discovery Site:La Silla Observatory
Discovered:September 22, 2008
Apsis:astron
Aphelion:0.98AU
Perihelion:0.56AU
Semimajor:0.77AU
Eccentricity:0.278 ± 0.006
Period:201.83 ± 0.14 d
0.55257 y
Inclination:~20
Time Periastron:2454000
Arg Peri:352.83 ± 1.05
Mass:3.15

HD 60532 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 84 light-years away in the constellation of Puppis, orbiting the star HD 60532. This planet has a true mass of 3.15 times more than Jupiter, orbits at 0.77 AU, and takes 201.83 days to revolve in an eccentric orbit. This planet was discovered on September 22, 2008 in La Silla Observatory using the HARPS spectrograph. On this same day, the second planet in this system, HD 60532 c, was discovered in a 1:3 orbital resonance.

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