HD 173416 b

HD 173416 b, also named Wangshu, is an extrasolar planet located approximately 440 light years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the 6th magnitude G-type giant star HD 173416. This is planet is at least 2.7 times the mass of Jupiter and was discovered on January 10, 2009 by Liu et al. HD 173416 b orbits at 1.16 AU from the star. However, despite the fact that the planet orbits 16% further from the star than Earth does from the Sun, it has orbital period of only 323.6 days, compared to 365.25 days for Earth. This inverse relationship is caused by the parent star having twice the mass of the Sun, which increases the strength of its gravitational field. This evidence implies that when this star was on the main sequence, it was an A-type star.

HD 173416 b / Wangshu

Discovery
Discovered by	Liu et al.
Discovery date	January 10, 2009
Detection method	radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
Apastron	1.40 AU (209,000,000 km)
Periastron	0.92 AU (138,000,000 km)
Semi-major axis	1.16 ± 0.06 AU (173,500,000 ± 9,000,000 km)
Eccentricity	0.21 ± 0.04
Orbital period (sidereal)	323.6 ± 2.2 d 0.8860 ± 0.0060 y
Average orbital speed	39.13
Time of periastron	3465.8 ± 8.3
Argument of periastron	254 ± 11
Star	HD 173416

The planet HD 173416 b is named Wangshu (望舒). The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Nanjing, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Wangshu is the goddess who drives for the Moon and also represents the Moon in Chinese mythology.

References

• Liu; et al. (10 January 2009). "A Planetary Companion Orbiting to the Intermediate-Mass G Giant HD 173416". Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 9 (1): 4. Bibcode:2009RAA.....9....1L. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/9/1/001. S2CID 250679097. Archived from the original (abstract) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2009.

External links

• "HD 173416 b". Exoplanets. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2009-02-01.