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    HD 217107

    HD 217107
    A Sun-like star in the constellation Pisces around which has been found an extrasolar planet slightly more massive than Jupiter in an extraordinarily small orbit of significant eccentricity.1


    Host star
    Distance 121 light-years (37 pc)
    Spectral type G8 IV
    Apparent magnitude 6.16
    Temperature 5,090 °C (5,360 K)
    Luminosity (Sun=1) 1.32
    Mass (Sun=1) 1.02
    Position R.A. 22h 58m 16s, Dec. -02° 23' 42"


    Planet
    Mass (Jupiter=1) 1.28
    Semi-major axis 0.074 AU (11.1 million km, 6.9 million miles)
    Orbital period 7.11 days
    Eccentricity 0.14
    Discovery 1998, Marcy et al, SFSU Planet Search, Lick and Keck Obs.
    Method radial velocity



    Reference
    1. Fischer, D., Marcy, G., Butler, P., Vogt, S., and Apps, K. "Planetary Companions Around Two Solar Type Stars: HD 195019 and HD 217107," Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 111, 50 (1999).

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