HD 96167 b

HD 96167 b
	HD 96167 b's orbit compared to the orbit of Mars (1.5AU) in the Solar System.; This eccentric Jupiter has a comet-like orbit.
Discovery
Discovered by	Peek et al.
Discovery site	Lick and Keck Observatories
Discovery date	April 17, 2009
Detection method	radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	1.332±0.092 AU
Eccentricity	0.681±0.033
Orbital period	498.1±0.81 d
Time of periastron	2463060.3±4.5
Argument of periastron	288.3±6.4
Semi-amplitude	21.1±1.6
Star	HD 96167

HD 96167 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 280 light years away in the constellation of Crater, orbiting the 8th magnitude G-type subgiant HD 96167. It is a Jupiter-type planet that orbits at 1.3 AU in extremely elliptical orbit.^[2] The planet was discovered on April 17, 2009.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ment, Kristo; et al. (2018). "Radial Velocities from the N2K Project: Six New Cold Gas Giant Planets Orbiting HD 55696, HD 98736, HD 148164, HD 203473, and HD 211810". The Astronomical Journal. 156 (5). 213. arXiv:1809.01228. Bibcode:2018AJ....156..213M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aae1f5.
^ Peek, John Asher; et al. (2009). "Old, rich, and eccentric: two jovian planets orbiting evolved metal-rich stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 121 (880): 613–620. arXiv:0904.2786. Bibcode:2009PASP..121..613P. doi:10.1086/599862.

Coordinates: 11^h 05^m 15.0681^s, −10° 17′ 28.681″

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[Ment2018-1] Ment, Kristo; et al. (2018). "Radial Velocities from the N2K Project: Six New Cold Gas Giant Planets Orbiting HD 55696, HD 98736, HD 148164, HD 203473, and HD 211810". The Astronomical Journal. 156 (5). 213. arXiv:1809.01228. Bibcode:2018AJ....156..213M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aae1f5.

[Peek2009-2] Peek, John Asher; et al. (2009). "Old, rich, and eccentric: two jovian planets orbiting evolved metal-rich stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 121 (880): 613–620. arXiv:0904.2786. Bibcode:2009PASP..121..613P. doi:10.1086/599862.

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