HD 122430 b
Template:Planetbox begin Template:Planetbox star Template:Planetbox orbit Template:Planetbox character Template:Planetbox discovery Template:Planetbox reference Template:Planetbox end
HD 122430 b is a giant planet orbiting around the giant star HD 122430. It has a mass at least 3.71 times that of Jupiter. This planet located at a distance of 1.02 astronomical units away from its star, which is very similar to the Earth’s distance from the Sun. Despite of this, the higher luminosity of the star implies it is heated much more strongly than the Earth is. Its orbit is highly eccentric, around 68%. At periastron, the orbital distance from its parent star is 0.33 AU. At apastron, the distance is 1.71 AU. If this planet were in the Solar System, its orbit would range from just within Mercury’s orbit to just beyond Mars’s orbit.
In Spain, Setiawan discovered this planet in 2003, using the radial velocity method.
See also
References
- Setiawan, J. (2003). "Planets around evolved stars". ARI: 595–598. Bibcode:2003ESASP.539..595S.
External links
- "HD 122430". Exoplanets.
 | This extrasolar-planet-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |