| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Marcy et al. |
| Discovery site |  United States |
| Discovery date | 13 June 2002 |
| Detection method | Radial velocity |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Semi-major axis | 1.64 AU (245,000,000 km) |
| Eccentricity | 0.14 |
| Orbital period (sidereal) | 843.6 d |
| Time of periastron | 2,449,409.4 |
| Argument of periastron | 314.3 |
| Semi-amplitude | 15.4 |
| Star | HD 37124 |
HD 37124 c is an extrasolar planet approximately 103 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus. The planet was discovered in 2002 orbiting the star HD 37124. The planet is most likely to be a gas giant (based on its mass).
References
- Butler, R. Paul; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Vogt, Steven S.; Fischer, Debra A.; Henry, Gregory W.; Laughlin, Gregory; Wright, Jason T. (January 2003). "Seven New Keck Planets Orbiting G and K Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal. 582 (1): 455–466. Bibcode:2003ApJ...582..455B. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.7.6988. doi:10.1086/344570. S2CID 17608922.
External links
- Goździewski, K. (January 2003). "A dynamical analysis of the HD 37124 planetary system". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 398 (1): 315–325. Bibcode:2003A&A...398..315G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021602.
- Ji, Jianghui; Liu, Lin; Kinoshita, Hiroshi; Zhou, Jilin; Nakai, Hiroshi; Li, Guangyu (1 July 2003). "The Librating Companions in HD 37124, HD 12661, HD 82943, 47 Ursa Majoris, and GJ 876: Alignment or Antialignment?". The Astrophysical Journal. 591 (1): L57–L60. arXiv:astro-ph/0305448. Bibcode:2003ApJ...591L..57J. doi:10.1086/377038. S2CID 12743267.
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