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HIP 11915 b
Extrasolar planet in the constellation Cetus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HIP 11915 b is an exoplanet orbiting the solar twin star HIP 11915 about 190 light-years (57 parsecs, or nearly 1.798×1015 km) from Earth in the constellation Cetus. It is notable as the first exoplanet to be discovered with an orbit and mass similar to that of Jupiter (essentially, a "Jupiter analog"), suggesting that its system may be similar to that of the Solar System.[1] It orbits its star at a distance of approximately 4.8 AU.[2] The exoplanet was found by using the radial velocity method, where periodic Doppler shifts of spectral lines of the host star suggest an orbiting object.
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![]() An artist's impression of the exoplanet HIP 11915 b. | |
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Meléndez et al. |
Discovery site | La Silla Observatory, Chile |
Discovery date | July 2015[1] |
HARPS | |
Orbital characteristics | |
4.8 ± 0.1[2] AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1 ± 0.070[2] |
3830.0 ± 150[2] d 10.486[2] y | |
Star | HIP 11915 |
Physical characteristics | |
~1[3] RJ | |
Mass | 0.99 ± 0.06[2] MJ (314.82 ME) |
Temperature | 118 K (−155 °C; −247 °F) |
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