Exoplanet

HD 55696 b

Orbiting HD 55696

Overview

HD 55696 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 55696, discovered in 2018 using the Radial Velocity method.

Key Measurements

Minimum Mass (M sin i)

1230.00

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

1827.0

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

78.0

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Radius (Earth radii)

Unknown

Minimum Mass, M sin(i) (Earth masses)

1230.00

Radial-velocity minimum

Equilibrium Temperature

Unknown

Parameter source: Ment et al. 2018

Orbital Period

1827.000+10.00010.000days

Semi-Major Axis

3.1800+0.18000.1800au

M sin(i) (Earth masses)

1230.00+228.84228.84

M sin(i) (Jupiter masses)

3.8700+0.72000.7200

Eccentricity

0.7050+0.02200.0220

Epoch of Periastron

2463648.00+26.0026.00days(JD)

Argument of Periastron

137.0+2.42.4deg

Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude

76.70+3.903.90m/s

Distance from Earth

78.0 pc (~254 ly)

Spectral Type

G0 V

Temperature

6012 K

Mass (Solar)

1.29 M☉

Radius (Solar)

1.52 R☉

Luminosity

0.43 log L☉

Planets in System

1

Stars in System

1

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

108.0622°, -38.1746°

Discovery Method

Radial Velocity

Discovery Year

2018

Data Sources

Source ID: HD 55696 b

System Context

HD 55696 b orbits HD 55696 and was reported in 2018 and was detected with the Radial Velocity method.

Published measurements list a minimum mass of 1,230 Earth masses (M sin i) and an orbital period of 1,827 days.

Catalog data places the system at about 78 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as G0 V, and 1 known planet in the system.

Host star

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