HD 12661 c

Planetbox begin
name=HD 12661 cPlanetbox orbit
semimajor=2.86 ± 0.17
eccentricity=0.017 ± 0.029
period=1679 ± 29
long_peri=38
t_peri=2,452,130 ± 330
semi-amp=29.27 ± 0.88Planetbox character
mass=>1.83 ± 0.16Planetbox discovery
discovery_date=June 13, 2002
discovery_site=California & Carnegie
Planet Search
flag|USA
discovery_method=Radial velocity
discoverers=Fischer et al.
discovery_status=PublishedPlanetbox reference
star=HD+12661
planet=c

HD 12661 c is a gas giant one and a half times the size of Jupiter orbiting around HD 12661. It has an eccentric orbit which briefly brings it close to the outer edge of the star's habitable zone.

References

*cite journal | url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/367889 | author=Fischer "et al." | title=A Planetary Companion to HD 40979 and Additional Planets Orbiting HD 12661 and HD 38529 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=586 |year=2003 | pages=1394–1408 | doi=10.1086/367889
*cite journal|url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/504701 | author=Butler "et al." | title=Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=646 | issue=1 | pages=505–522 | year=2006 | doi=10.1086/504701 ( [http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph?papernum=0607493 web Preprint] )
* [http://www.extrasolar.net/planettour.asp?StarCatID=normal&PlanetID=204 www.extrasolar.net/]