Exoplanet

HD 79498 b

Orbiting HD 79498

Overview

HD 79498 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 79498, discovered in 2011 using the Radial Velocity method.

Key Measurements

Minimum Mass (M sin i)

425.89

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

1807.0

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

48.9

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Radius (Earth radii)

Unknown

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

425.89

Radial-velocity minimum

Equilibrium Temperature

Unknown

Parameter source: Ment et al. 2018

Orbital Period

1807.000+15.00015.000days

Semi-Major Axis

2.9800+0.15000.1500au

M sin(i) (Earth masses)

425.89+66.7466.74

M sin(i) (Jupiter masses)

1.3400+0.21000.2100

Eccentricity

0.5750+0.02300.0230

Epoch of Periastron

2463380.00+32.0032.00days(JD)

Argument of Periastron

226.8+6.96.9deg

Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude

26.00+1.201.20m/s

Distance from Earth

48.9 pc (~160 ly)

Spectral Type

G5

Temperature

5748 K

Mass (Solar)

1.08 M☉

Radius (Solar)

1.05 R☉

Luminosity

0.03 log L☉

Planets in System

1

Stars in System

2

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

138.7886°, 23.3749°

Discovery Method

Radial Velocity

Discovery Year

2011

Data Sources

Source ID: HD 79498 b

System Context

HD 79498 b orbits HD 79498 and was reported in 2011 and was detected with the Radial Velocity method.

Published measurements list a minimum mass of 425.89 Earth masses (M sin i) and an orbital period of 1,807 days.

Catalog data places the system at about 48.9 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as G5, and 1 known planet in the system.

Host star

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