 HD 69830 c | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Lovis et al.[1] |
| Discovery date | May 18, 2006 |
| Radial velocity | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.181 ± 0.004 AU (27,080,000 ± 600,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.03±0.027[2] |
| 31.6158±0.0051 d[2] | |
| 2,453,469.6 ± 2.8 | |
| 221 ± 35 | |
| Semi-amplitude | 2.6±0.1 m/s[2] |
| Star | HD 69830 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | ≥12.09+0.55 −0.54 M🜨[2] |
| Temperature | ~522 K |
HD 69830 c is an exoplanet orbiting HD 69830. It is the second-closest planet in its system and has a minimum mass 12 times that of Earth. Based on theoretical modeling in the 2006 discovery paper, it is likely to be a rocky planet, not a gas giant.[1] However, other work has found that if it had formed as a gas giant, it would have stayed that way,[3] and it is now understood that planets this massive are rarely rocky.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lovis, Christophe; et al. (2006). "An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets" (PDF). Nature. 441 (7091): 305–309. arXiv:astro-ph/0703024. Bibcode:2006Natur.441..305L. doi:10.1038/nature04828. PMID 16710412. S2CID 4343578. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
- ^ a b c d Laliotis, Katherine; Burt, Jennifer A.; et al. (February 2023). "Doppler Constraints on Planetary Companions to Nearby Sun-like Stars: An Archival Radial Velocity Survey of Southern Targets for Proposed NASA Direct Imaging Missions". The Astronomical Journal. 165 (4): 176. arXiv:2302.10310. Bibcode:2023AJ....165..176L. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acc067.
- ^ H. Lammer; et al. (2007). "The impact of nonthermal loss processes on planet masses from Neptunes to Jupiters" (PDF). Geophysical Research Abstracts. 9 (7850).
- ^ Chen, Jingjing; Kipping, David (2017). "Probabilistic Forecasting of the Masses and Radii of Other Worlds". The Astrophysical Journal. 834 (1): 17. arXiv:1603.08614. Bibcode:2017ApJ...834...17C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/17. S2CID 119114880.