HD 69830 c
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | C. Lovis et al.[1] |
Discovery date | May 18, 2006 |
Radial velocity | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.186 AU (27,800,000 km) | |
Eccentricity | 0.13 ± 0.06 |
31.56 ± 0.04 d | |
2,453,469.6 ± 2.8 | |
221 ± 35 | |
Semi-amplitude | 2.66 ± 0.16 |
Star | HD 69830 |
Physical characteristics | |
Temperature | ~522 K |
HD 69830 c is an exoplanet orbiting HD 69830. It is the second-closest planet in its system and likely to be a rocky planet, not a gas giant.[1] If it had formed as a gas giant, it would have stayed that way.[2]
References
- ^ a b Lovis, Christophe; et al. (2006). "An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets" (PDF). Nature. 441 (7091): 305–309. arXiv:astro-ph/0703024. Bibcode:2006Natur.441..305L. doi:10.1038/nature04828. PMID 16710412.
- ^ H. Lammer; et al. (2007). "The impact of nonthermal loss processes on planet masses from Neptunes to Jupiters" (PDF). Geophysical Research Abstracts. 9 (7850).