HD 12661 b

Planetbox begin
name=HD 12661 bPlanetbox orbit
semimajor=0.834 ± 0.048
eccentricity=0.361 ± 0.011
period=262.53 ± 0.27
long_peri=296.3±2.6
t_peri=2,450,214.1 ± 2.9
semi-amp=74.19 ± 0.85Planetbox character
mass=>2.34 ± 0.19Planetbox discovery
discovery_date=November 14, 1999
(confirmed on April 4, 2001)
discovery_site=California & Carnegie
Planet Search
flag|USA
discovery_method=Radial velocity
discoverers=Fischer et al.
discovery_status=PublishedPlanetbox reference
star=HD+12661
planet=b

HD 12661 b is a gas giant two and a half times the mass of Jupiter orbiting around the star HD 12661. It has an eccentric orbit within the star's habitable zone, which means that if any of its moons have atmospheres, they may have the potential to harbor life.

References

*cite journal|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?2001ApJ...551.1107F|author=D.A. Fischer, G.W. Marcy, R.P. Butler, S.S. Vogt, S. Frink, K. Apps|title=Planetary Companions to HD 12661, HD 92788, and HD 38529 and Variations in Keplerian Residuals of Extrasolar Planets|journal=Astrophysical Journal|volume=551|issue=2|year=2001|pages=1107 – 1118|doi=10.1086/320224
*cite journal|url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/504701|author=Butler, R. et al.|title=Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=646|pages=505 – 522|year=2006|doi=10.1086/504701 ( [http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph?papernum=607493 web Preprint] )
* [http://www.extrasolar.net/planettour.asp?StarCatID=normal&PlanetID=114 www.extrasolar.net]