HD 187085 b

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HD 187085 b
Discovery
Discovered by Jones et al.
Discovery site Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Discovery dateMarch 14, 2006
Doppler spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics
Apastron 2.72 AU (407,000,000 km)
Periastron 1.38 AU (206,000,000 km)
2.05 AU (307,000,000 km)
Eccentricity 0.33 [1]
986 d
2.70 y
Average orbital speed
22.7
2,450,912
94
Semi-amplitude 26
Star HD 187085
Physical characteristics
Mass >0.75 MJ

    HD 187085 b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2006 by a team led by Hugh Jones. HD 187085 b orbits its star in a highly eccentric orbit. The discovery was made as part of the Anglo-Australian Planet Search. [2]

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    Their interpretation of the data set the eccentricity at 0.47. Using a statistical computer program, another team reinterpreted the same data for a lower eccentricity of 0.33. [1]

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    References

    1. 1 2 Balan, Sreekumar T.; Ofer Lahav (2008). "ExoFit: Orbital Parameters of Extra-solar Planets from Radial Velocities". arXiv: 0805.3532v1 [astro-ph].
    2. Jones, Hugh R. A.; et al. (2006). "High-eccentricity planets from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 369 (1): 249–256. arXiv: astro-ph/0603335 . Bibcode:2006MNRAS.369..249J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10298.x. S2CID   15452372.