HD 108874 b

Planetbox begin
name = HD 108874 b Planetbox star
star = HD 108874
constell = Coma Berenices
RA = RA|12|30|26.8829
DEC = DEC|+22|52|47.383
dist_ly=223.4
dist_pc=68.5
class = G5Planetbox orbit
semimajor = 1.051 ± 0.02
eccentricity = 0.07 ± 0.04
period = 395.4 ± 2.5
ang_dist = 15.34
long_peri = 248.4 ± 36
t_peri=2,450,131.5 ± 60
semi-amp=37.91 ± .95Planetbox character
mass=>1.36 ± 0.13 Planetbox discovery
discovery_date = June 13, 2002
(confirmed on June 30, 2003)
discoverers = Butler
Marcy
Vogt
Fischer
discovery_method = radial velocity
discovery_site = flag|United States
discovery_status = Published Planetbox catalog
names = HIP 61028 b, SAO 82344 b

HD 108874 b is a gas giant discovered in 2002 and confirmed in 2003. [cite journal | url=http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2003ApJ...582..455B&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1 | author=Butler, R. Paul; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Vogt, Steven S.; Fischer, Debra A.; Henry, Gregory W.; Laughlin, Gregory; Wright, Jason T.| title=Seven New Keck Planets Orbiting G and K Dwarfs | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | year=2003 | volume=582 | issue=1 | pages=455 – 466 | doi=10.1086/344570 ] The orbit lies in the star's habitable zone. [cite journal|url=http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2007A%26A...462.1165S&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1|title=Trojan planets in HD 108874?|author=Schwarz, R.; Dvorak, R.; Pilat Lohinger, E.; Süli, Á.; Érdi, B.|journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics|volume=462|issue=3|pages=1165 – 1170|year=2007|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20066284|accessdate=2008-08-21] Of all extrasolar planets found so far (July '08) it has the most Earth-like insolation.Fact|date=August 2008

References

See also

* HD 108874 c

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