Tau1 Gruis b
Discovery
Discovered byJones, et al.
Discovery siteAustralia
Discovery date17 September 2002
Doppler spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics
2.561 AU (383.1 million km)
Eccentricity0.0703 ± 0.0781
1,311 ± 49 d
2,450,870 ± 210
99.8
Semi-amplitude19.6 ± 1.5
StarTau1 Gruis

    Tau1 Gruis b, also known as HD 216435 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 109 light-years away in the constellation of Grus (the Crane). The planet was discovered orbiting the star Tau1 Gruis in September 2002. It was calculated that the planet orbits its sun at an average distance of 2.7 astronomical units. The planet is over 1.25 times as massive as Jupiter.

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    References

    • Jones; Butler, R. Paul; Tinney, C. G.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Penny, Alan J.; McCarthy, Chris; Carter, Brad D. (2003). "An exoplanet in orbit around τ1 Gruis". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 341 (3): 948–952. arXiv:astro-ph/0209302. Bibcode:2003MNRAS.341..948J. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06481.x. S2CID 1575040. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. (web Preprint)


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