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HD 66428 b

Coordinates: Sky map 08h 03m 28.6652s, −01° 09′ 45.752″
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HD 66428 b is a long-period jovian exoplanet located approximately 179.3 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros. It has a mass of >2.82 MJ and takes 1973 days or 5.402 years to orbit around its solar-type star HD 66428. The average distance is 3.18 AU, about half the distance between Mars and Jupiter. This planet is a so-called eccentric Jupiter with an orbital eccentricity of 0.465. At periastron, the distance is 1.70 AU and at apastron, the distance is 4.66 AU.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Butler, R. P.; et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 646 (1): 505–522. arXiv:astro-ph/0607493. Bibcode:2006ApJ...646..505B. doi:10.1086/504701.


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