HD 8574 b

HD 8574 b / Bélisama
Discovery
Discovered byPerrier et al.
Discovery siteHaute-Provence Observatory
in France
Discovery date4 April 2001[1]
doppler spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics
Apastron1.04 AU (156,000,000 km)
Periastron0.48 AU (72,000,000 km)
0.76 ± 0.04 AU (113,700,000 ± 6,000,000 km)
Eccentricity0.37 ± 0.082
225 ± 1.1 d
0.616 y
2,451,475.6 ± 5.5
2 ± 16
Semi-amplitude64.1 ± 5.5
StarHD 8574
Physical characteristics
Mass>1.96 ± 0.18 MJ
(>622 ME)
Temperature356 K (83 °C; 181 °F)

HD 8574 b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2001 by a team of European astronomers using Doppler spectroscopy as part of the ELODIE Planet Search Survey, and was published in a paper with five other planets. HD 8574 b is in the orbit of host star HD 8574. The planet is at most two times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting every 227 days at three quarters of the distance between the Earth and Sun. HD 8574 b has a very elliptical orbit, far more than that of Jupiter.

The planet HD 8574 b is named Bélisama. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by France, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Bélisama was the goddess of fire, notably of the hearth and of metallurgy and glasswork, in Gaulish mythology.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference eso0114 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Approved names". NameExoworlds. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  3. ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2020-01-02.