Rho Indi b explained

Rho Indi b
Discoverer:Jones et al.
Discovery Site:Australia
Discovered:Sept 17, 2002
Discovery Method:Doppler Spectroscopy
Alt Names:HD 216437 b
HIP 113137 b
Apsis:astron
Avg Speed:19.92 km/s
Period:
Inclination: or
Angular Dist:95.698 mas
Semi-Amplitude:39.0±1.0 m/s
Star:Rho Indi

Rho Indi b is an exoplanet that orbits around Rho Indi. Its semimajor axis is 2.54 AU placing just outside the star's habitable zone. The planet takes 3.7 years to orbit the star. It is over twice as massive as Jupiter. Since the inclination of the orbit to the line-of-sight was initially unknown, only a lower bound on the planet's mass could be determined. In 2023, the inclination and true mass of Rho Indi b were determined via astrometry.

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