Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Santos, Mayor, Naef et al.[1] |
Discovery site | La Silla Observatory |
Discovery date | September 28th, 1999 |
Doppler Spectroscopy (CORALIE) | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.15 AU (22,000,000 km) | |
Eccentricity | 0 |
24.348 ± 0.005 d | |
2,451,979.28 ± 0.08 | |
0 | |
Semi-amplitude | 51.9 ± 2.6 |
Star | HD 192263 |
HD 192263 b, also named Beirut, is a gas giant planet with a mass about three quarters that of Jupiter mass. It orbits the star in a circular orbit completing one revolution in 24 days or so. It was discovered in 2000 by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search team.[1] The planet was independently detected by the California and Carnegie Planet Search team.[2][3]