HD 164922 c

HD 164922 c
Discovery
Discovered byW. M. Keck Observatory
Discovery date30 June 2016
radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
0.3351 (± 0.0015)[1] AU
Eccentricity0.079+0.089
−0.066[1]
75.765+0.058
−0.056[1] d
2456277.6 ± 2.7[1]
81+45
−49[1]
StarHD 164922
Physical characteristics
~3.5 R🜨
Temperature400 K (127 °C; 260 °F)[1]

HD 164922 c is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 164922 about 72 light-years from Earth in the constellation Hercules. The exoplanet was found by using the radial velocity method, from radial-velocity measurements via observation of Doppler shifts in the spectrum of the planet's parent star.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Fulton, Benjamin J.; Howard, Andrew W.; Weiss, Lauren M.; Sinukoff, Evan; Petigura, Erik A.; Isaacson, Howard; Hirsch, Lea; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Henry, Gregory W.; Grunblatt, Samuel K.; Huber, Daniel; Kaspar von Braun; Boyajian, Tabetha S.; Kane, Stephen R.; Wittrock, Justin; Horch, Elliott P.; Ciardi, David R.; Howell, Steve B.; Wright, Jason T.; Ford, Eric B. (2016). "Three Temperate Neptunes Orbiting Nearby Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 830 (1): 46. arXiv:1607.00007. Bibcode:2016ApJ...830...46F. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/46. S2CID 36666883.