| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Bouchy et al. [1] |
| Discovery site | La Silla Observatory, Chile [2] |
| Discovery date | June 16, 2008 [2] |
| Doppler spectroscopy [2] | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Apastron | 2.25 AU (337 million km) |
| Periastron | 1.27 AU (190 million km) |
| 1.76 AU (263 million km) [3] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.28 ± 0.02 [3] |
| 962 ± 15 [3] d 2.63 y | |
Average orbital speed | 20.0 |
| 2,453,235 ± 7.3 [3] | |
| 21.4 ± 3.2 [3] | |
| Star | HD 181433 |
HD 181433 c is an extrasolar planet located approximately 87 light-years away [4] in the constellation of Pavo, orbiting the star HD 181433. This planet is at least 0.64 times as massive as Jupiter and takes 962 days to orbit the star at an orbital distance of 1.76 astronomical units (AU), or 263 million km. The orbit is eccentric, however, and ranges from 1.27 AU (190,000,000 km) at periastron to 2.25 AU (337,000,000 km) at apastron. [3] François Bouchy et al. have published a paper detailing the HD 181433 planetary system in Astronomy and Astrophysics . [1]