HD 52265
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HD 52265 is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation of Monoceros. Like our Sun, it is a yellow dwarf. However, it is 18% more massive and almost twice as luminous than our Sun. Age of the star is 4,000 million years.
In 2000 the California and Carnegie Planet Search team announced the discovery of an extrasolar planet orbiting the star. Like most planet discoveries so far, it was detected by using the radial velocity method.
HD 52265 b
The planet, classified as HD 52265 b, is a gas giant with a minimum mass slightly more than that of Jupiter. Mean distance between the planet and the star is half that of Earth from the Sun. The orbit is eccentric, at periastron the planet slightly closer the star than Mercury is from the Sun, and at apoastron it is twice as far.
References
External links
- [SIMBAD] [star entry], [planet entry]
- [The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia] [entry]
- [Extrasolar Visions] [entry]
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