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HD 40979 b

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Also known as HD 40979b, TIC 440489582b

extrasolar planet

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Pl
Distance
111 light-years
Coordinates
RA 91.1248° · Dec 44.2604°
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Exoplanet data

Host star
HD 40979
Discovered
2002
Discovered by
Multiple Observatories
Orbital period
264.15 days
Radius
12.90 × Earth
Mass
1484.27 × Earth
Distance
34.09 pc

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
star
Constellation
Auriga
Parent body
HD 40979
Mass
4.01
Orbital period
264.1
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catalog code
TIC 440489582b
discoverer or inventor
Debra Fischer
time of discovery or invention
2002-00-00
discovery method
Doppler spectroscopy
right ascension
91.12476220557042
declination
44.26044379941417
epoch
J2000.0
argument of periapsis
323.4
orbital eccentricity
0.25
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.846
M sin i
4.01
angular distance
0.024925
right ascension component of proper motion
95.210
declination component of proper motion
-152.903
parallax
29.3067
time of periapsis
2453919
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