HD 49674 b, formally named Eburonia, is an extrasolar planet[1] located approximately 134 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga, orbiting the star HD 49674. This planet was discovered orbiting the star in 2002. The planet is a gas giant and orbits extremely close to its star, which takes only 4.95 days to revolve.[2]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Butler, Marcy, Vogt et al. Department of Astronomy, 601 Campbell Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California  |
| Discovery site | exoplanets.org |
| Discovery date | June 13, 2002 |
| Radial velocity | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Apastron | 0.0630 AU (9,420,000 km) |
| Periastron | 0.0530 AU (7,930,000 km) |
| 0.0580 ± 0.0034 AU (8,680,000 ± 510,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.087±0.095 |
| 4.94737±0.00098 d | |
Average orbital speed | 128 |
| 2,451,882.38±0.88 | |
| 264 | |
| Semi-amplitude | 13.7±0.21 |
| Star | HD 49674 |
HD 49674 b, along with its parent star, was chosen as part of the 2019 NameExoWorlds campaign organised by the International Astronomical Union in which each country was assigned a star and planet to be named. The HD 49674 system was assigned to Belgium. The winning proposal named HD 49674 b Eburonia and the parent star Nervia, both after prominent Belgic tribes, the Eburones and Nervii respectively.[3]
References
edit- ^ Butler, R. Paul; et al. (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.
- ^ Butler, R. P.; et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 646 (1): 505–522. arXiv:astro-ph/0607493. Bibcode:2006ApJ...646..505B. doi:10.1086/504701. S2CID 119067572. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
- ^ "Belgium". NameExoworlds. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
External links
edit- "Notes for planet HD 49674 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- "HD 49674". Exoplanets. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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