HD 192263
A K-type star in the constellation Aquila around which has been found an extrasolar planet with a mass at least about three quarters that of Jupiter. This planet, HD 192263 b, moves in a small, nearly circular orbit amd qualifies as a "hot Jupiter" or epistellar jovian..
| Host star |
| Distance |
64.85 light-years (19.89 pc) |
| Spectral type |
K2V |
| Apparent magnitude |
8.1 |
| Temperature |
5,560°C |
| Luminosity (Sun=1) |
1.35 |
| Mass (Sun=1) |
1.0 |
| Position |
R.A. 20h 13m 59.85s; Dec. -0° 52' 0.76" |
| Other catalog designations |
BD-01°3925, HIP 99711 |
| Planet |
| Mass (Jupiter=1) |
>0.72 |
| Semimajor axis |
0.15 AU (22.5 million km, 14 million miles) |
| Orbital period |
24.35 days |
| Eccentricity |
0.0 |
| Discovery |
1999, Santos, Mayor, et al, Geneva Observatory |
| Method |
radial velocity |
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EXTRASOLAR PLANETS AND SUBSTELLAR OBJECTS
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