Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Jones et al. |
Discovery site | Australia |
Discovery date | March 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]
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]