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HD 87883 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/HD 87883 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

HD 87883 b

Orbiting HD 87883

Discovered in 2009 using Radial Velocity. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,009
Method: Radial Velocity
Radius: 12.7 R⊕
Mass: 2,005.497248 M⊕
Orbit: 3,006 days
Distance: 18.2912 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 3,006 days
Semi-major axis: 3.77 AU
Eccentricity: 0.72
Radius: 12.7 Earth radii
Mass: 2,005.497248 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 5.38 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 110.52 K
Insolation: 0.0238 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: HD 87883
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: K0
Stellar temperature: 4,980 K
Stellar radius: 0.798557 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.8 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.11 dex
Stellar age: 7.6 Gyr
Distance: 18.2912 parsecs
Right ascension: 10h08m43.06s
Declination: +34d14m31.19s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Radial Velocity
Discovery year: 2,009
Publication date: 2009-10
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Lick Observatory
Telescope: 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope
Instrument: Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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