Astronomy:HD 83443 b

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Short description: Extrasolar planet in the constellation Vela
HD 83443 b / Buru
Discovery
Discovered byMayor et al.
Discovery site France
Discovery dateApril 15, 2000[1]
Doppler Spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics
0.039 AU (5,800,000 km)
Eccentricity0.013 ± 0.013
Orbital period2.98565 ± 0.00003 d
astron|astron|helion}}2,451,497.5 ± 0.3
11 ± 11
Semi-amplitude56.3 ± 1.4
StarHD 83443


HD 83443 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 134 light-years away[2] in the constellation of Vela. It was discovered in 2000 by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search Team led by Michel Mayor.[1] It has a minimum mass comparable to Saturn, and its orbit is one of the shortest known, 1/25th that of Earth's. It takes only three days to complete one revolution around the star.[3]

The planet HD 83443 b is named Buru. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Kenya, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Buru means dust in the Dholuo language.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Exoplanets Galore!" (Press release). Garching, Germany: European Southern Observatory. April 15, 2000. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  2. van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2007/41/aa8357-07/aa8357-07.html. Vizier catalog entry
  3. Mayor, M. et al. (2004). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XII. Orbital solutions for 16 extra-solar planets discovered with CORALIE". Astronomy and Astrophysics 415 (1): 391–402. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034250. Bibcode2004A&A...415..391M. http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2004/07/aa0250/aa0250.html. 
  4. "Approved names" (in en). http://www.nameexoworlds.iau.org/final-results. 
  5. "International Astronomical Union | IAU". https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1912/. 

Coordinates: Sky map 09h 37m 11.83s, −43° 16′ 19.94″