- HD 2638
Starbox short
name=HD 2638
epoch=2000
constell=Cetus
ra=0h 29m 59.87s
dec=−5° 45' 50.41"
spectral=G5V
appmag_v=9.8
dist_ly=175.18
dist_pc=53.71
names=BD-06°82, HIP 2350HD 2638 is a dim 10th magnitude
star in theconstellation ofCetus . It is ayellow dwarf and similar to ourSun . A smalltelescope is required to view the star.In 2005 the discovery of an
extrasolar planet HD 2638 b orbiting the star was announced by theGeneva Extrasolar Planet Search Team .PlanetboxOrbit
exoplanet = b
mass = >0.48
period = 3.4442 ± 0.0002
semimajor = 0.044
eccentricity = 0ee also
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List of stars with confirmed extrasolar planets References
*cite journal | url=http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2005/31/aa2826-05/aa2826-05.html | author=Moutou "et al." | title=The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets IV. Three close-in planets around HD 2638, HD 27894 and HD 63454 | journal=
Astronomy and Astrophysics | year=2005 | volume=439 | issue=1 | pages=367–373 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20052826External links
* [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad SIMBAD] : [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=HD+2638 HD 2638]
* [http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/encycl.html The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia] [http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/HD2638.html entry]
* [http://www.extrasolar.net Extrasolar Visions] : [http://www.extrasolar.net/planettour.asp?StarCatId=normal&PlanetId=283 HD 2638]
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