Rho Indi b
Extrasolar planet in the constellation Indus
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Rho Indi b is an exoplanet that orbits around Rho Indi. Its semimajor axis is 2.54 AU placing just outside the star's habitable zone. The planet takes 3.7 years to orbit the star. It is over twice as massive as Jupiter. Since the inclination of the orbit to the line-of-sight was initially unknown, only a lower bound on the planet's mass could be determined.[1] In 2023, the inclination and true mass of Rho Indi b were determined via astrometry.[2]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Jones et al. |
| Discovery site | Australia |
| Discovery date | Sept 17, 2002 |
| Doppler Spectroscopy | |
| Designations | |
| HD 216437 b HIP 113137 b | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| 2.501+0.036 −0.037 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.318±0.028 |
| 1336±12 d 3.658±0.034 yr | |
Average orbital speed | 19.92 km/s |
| Inclination | 35.0°+10.0° −6.1° or 145.0°+6.1° −10.0° |
| 95.698 mas | |
| 117.0°±14.0° | |
| 2,455,959+38 −35 JD | |
| 64.5°+5.5° −5.4° | |
| Semi-amplitude | 39.0±1.0 m/s |
| Star | Rho Indi |
| Physical characteristics[2] | |
| Mass | 3.88±0.73 MJ |
