HD 69830 c

HD 69830 c
HD 69830 c
Discovery
Discovered byC. Lovis et al.[1]
Discovery dateMay 18, 2006
Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
0.181 ± 0.004 AU (27,080,000 ± 600,000 km)
Eccentricity0.03±0.027[2]
31.6158±0.0051 d[2]
2,453,469.6 ± 2.8
221 ± 35
Semi-amplitude2.6±0.1 m/s[2]
StarHD 69830
Physical characteristics
Mass≥12.09+0.55
−0.54
 M🜨
[2]
Temperature~522 K

HD 69830 c is an exoplanet orbiting HD 69830. It is the second-closest planet in its system and has a minimum mass 12 times that of Earth. Based on theoretical modeling in the 2006 discovery paper, it is likely to be a rocky planet, not a gas giant.[1] However, other work has found that if it had formed as a gas giant, it would have stayed that way,[3] and it is now understood that planets this massive are rarely rocky.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Lovis2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Laliotis2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ H. Lammer; et al. (2007). "The impact of nonthermal loss processes on planet masses from Neptunes to Jupiters" (PDF). Geophysical Research Abstracts. 9 (7850).
  4. ^ Chen, Jingjing; Kipping, David (2017). "Probabilistic Forecasting of the Masses and Radii of Other Worlds". The Astrophysical Journal. 834 (1): 17. arXiv:1603.08614. Bibcode:2017ApJ...834...17C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/17. S2CID 119114880.