HD 104985 b explained

HD 104985 b / Meztli
Discoverer:Sato et al.
Discovery Site:Okayama Planet
Search Program

Japan
Discovered:June 26, 2003
Discovery Method:radial velocity
Apsis:astron
Aphelion:0.8AU
Perihelion:0.76AU
Semimajor:0.78AU
Eccentricity:0.03 ± 0.02
Period:198.2 ± 0.3 d
0.5426 ± 0.0008 y
Avg Speed:43
Time Periastron:2451990 ± 20
Arg Peri:310 ± 30
Semi-Amplitude:161 ± 2

HD 104985 b, also named Meztli, is an extrasolar planet approximately 97 parsecs (317 lys) from the Sun. The 198-day period planet orbits the yellow giant star HD 104985 (Tonatiuh) at a distance of 0.78 AU. With a mass 61/3 times Jupiter it is a gas giant.

Following its discovery in 2003 the planet was designated HD 104985 b. In July 2014 the International Astronomical Union launched NameExoWorlds, a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars.[1] The process involved public nomination and voting for the new names.[2] In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning name was Meztli for this planet.[3] The winning name was submitted by the Sociedad Astronomica Urania of Morelos, Mexico. 'Meztli' was the Aztec goddess of the Moon.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1404/ NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars
  2. Web site: NameExoWorlds The Process . 2015-09-05 . 2015-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150815025117/http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/process . dead .
  3. http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/ Final Results of NameExoWorlds Public Vote Released
  4. Web site: NameExoWorlds The Approved Names . 2015-12-31 . 2018-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180201043609/http://nameexoworlds.iau.org/names . dead .