HD 68988 b / Albmi | |
Discoverer: | Vogt et al. |
Discovery Site: | Keck Observatory |
Discovered: | 15 October 2001 |
Discovery Method: | Radial velocity |
Apsis: | astron |
Aphelion: | 0.0809AU |
Perihelion: | 0.0599AU |
Semimajor: | 0.0704AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.1497 ± 0.0079 |
Period: | 6.27670 ± 0.000053 d 0.0171844 y |
Avg Speed: | 122 |
Time Periastron: | 2451549.062 ± 0.040 |
Arg Peri: | 40 ± 170 |
Semi-Amplitude: | 191.6 ± 1.7 |
HD 68988 b is a hot jupiter located approximately 192 light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major, orbiting the star HD 68988 in a moderately eccentric orbit.
The planet HD 68988 b is called Albmi. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Norway, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Albmi means sky in the Northern Sami language.[1] [2]