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HD 12661 b

The exoplanet HD 12661 b (min mass ~2.3 MJ) as rendered by Celestia
Discovery
Discovered by	Fischer et al.
Discovery site	California & Carnegie Planet Search  USA
Discovery date	April 4, 2001
Detection method	Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.834 ± 0.048 AU (124,800,000 ± 7,200,000 km)
Eccentricity	0.361 ± 0.011
Orbital period (sidereal)	262.53 ± 0.27 d
Time of periastron	2,450,214.1 ± 2.9
Argument of periastron	296.3±2.6
Semi-amplitude	74.19 ± 0.85
Star	HD 12661
Physical characteristics
Mass	>2.34 ± 0.19 MJ

HD 12661 b is a giant exoplanet two and a half times the mass of Jupiter orbiting around the star HD 12661.

References

1. Fischer, Debra A.; et al. (2001). "Planetary Companions to HD 12661, HD 92788, and HD 38529 and Variations in Keplerian Residuals of Extrasolar Planets". The Astrophysical Journal. 551 (2): 1107–1118. Bibcode:2001ApJ...551.1107F. doi:10.1086/320224.

• Butler; et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 646 (1): 505–522. arXiv:astro-ph/0607493. Bibcode:2006ApJ...646..505B. doi:10.1086/504701. S2CID 119067572.

v t e Constellation of Aries
Aries in Chinese astronomy List of stars in Aries
Stars	Bayer α (Hamal) β (Sheratan) γ (Mesarthim) δ (Botein) ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ρ ρ σ τ τ Flamsteed 1 4 7 10 11 14 15 16 19 20 21 23 26 27 29 30 31 33 35 36 38 39 (Lilii Borea) 40 41 (Bharani) 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 59 60 62 64 65 66 54 Cet 85 Cet Variable TZ UX VZ (16 Tri) HR 577 728 803 952 999 HD 12661 20367 Other BD+20°307 HIP 14810 HAT-P-25 Teegarden's Star WASP-11/HAT-P-10 WD 0145+234
Exoplanets α Arietis b HD 12661 b c HIP 14810 b c d Teegarden's Star b c WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b
Galaxies	NGC 677 680 691 694 695 716 765 770 772 781 803 817 820 821 871 877 900 901 903 904 918 935 938 972 990 992 1024 1134 1156 Other 1ES 0229+200 3C 79 4C +28.07 AO 0235+164 IC 167 IC 1801 PSO J0309+27 Segue 2 UGC 2140
Galaxy clusters MS 0302+17
Astronomical events GRB 060218
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