HD 188015 b

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HD 188015 b
Discovery
Discovered by Marcy et al. [1]
Discovery site Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Discovery dateJanuary 25, 2005
Doppler spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics
Apastron 1.368 AU (204,600,000 km)
Periastron 1.038 AU (155,300,000 km)
1.203 ± 0.070 AU (180,000,000 ± 10,500,000 km)
Eccentricity 0.137 ± 0.026
461.2 ± 1.7 d
1.263 y
Average orbital speed
28.47
2,451,787 ± 17
222° ± 10
Semi-amplitude 37.6 ± 1.2
Star HD 188015
Physical characteristics
Mass >1.50 ± 0.13 MJ

    HD 188015 b is an extrasolar planet announced by the California and Carnegie Planet Search team in 2005. [1] Like majority of known planets, it was discovered using the radial velocity method.

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    The planet has a minimum mass of about 1.25 Jupiter masses. It orbits HD 188015 in a slightly eccentric orbit with a semi-major axis about 20% further than Earth's.

    Stability analysis reveals that if Earth-sized planets existed at the Trojan points of HD 188015 b, their orbits would be stable for long periods of time. [2]

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    References

    1. 1 2 Marcy, Geoffrey W.; et al. (2005). "Five New Extrasolar Planets". The Astrophysical Journal. 619 (1): 570–584. Bibcode: 2005ApJ...619..570M . CiteSeerX   10.1.1.516.6667 . doi: 10.1086/426384 .
    2. R. Schwarz; R. Dvorak; Á. Süli; B. Érdi (November 2007). "Survey of the stability region of hypothetical habitable Trojan planets". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 474 (3): 1023–1029. Bibcode:2007A&A...474.1023S. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077994 .: HD 93083, HD 17051, HD 28185, HD 27442, HD 188015, HD 99109, HD 221287

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