Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Tinney et al. [1] |
Discovery site | Anglo-Australian Observatory, Australia |
Discovery date | September 16, 2004 |
Radial Velocity | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Apastron | 0.1717 AU (25,690,000 km) |
Periastron | 0.1347 AU (20,150,000 km) |
0.1532 ± 0.0088 AU (22,920,000 ± 1,320,000 km) | |
Eccentricity | 0.106 ± 0.07 |
20.8133 ± 0.0064 d | |
Average orbital speed | 80.35 |
10942.9 ± 3 2.400.000 | |
283 ± 3 | |
Semi-amplitude | 11.8 ± 0.77 |
Star | HD 102117 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mass | >0.172 ± 0.018 MJ (>54.7 M🜨) |
HD 102117 b, formally named Leklsullun, [2] is a planet that orbits the star HD 102117. The planet is a small gas giant a fifth the size of Jupiter. It orbits very close to its star, but not in a "torch orbit" like the famous 51 Pegasi b. It was one of the smallest extrasolar planets discovered as of 2006. [3]
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