Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Da Silva et al.[1] |
Discovery site | ELODIE planet-search program |
Discovery date | July 6th, 2007 |
Doppler spectroscopy | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.238±0.015 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0796±0.0067[2] |
36.9987±0.0011[2] d | |
2463048.04±0.49[2] | |
292.7±4.8[2] | |
Semi-amplitude | 130.06±0.84[2] |
Star | HD 43691 |
HD 43691 b is a massive jovian planet located approximately 280 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga. Because the inclination is unknown, only the minimum mass is known. The planet orbits close to the star, closer than Mercury to the Sun.