Notes for HD 117618

update: 23 October 2004

The planet(s):

• Detection method: Radial Velocity
• Basic data:

  Name:	HD 117618 b
  M.sini:	0.19 ± 0.04 MJ
  Semi-major axis:	0.28 ± 0.02AU
  Orbital period:	52.2 ± 0.5
  Eccentricity:	0.39 ± 0.1
  Omega (deg):	359 ± 40
  T_peri (JD-2450000):	870.3 ± 2
  Inclination:	-

• Remarks:
  
• References:
  1. TINNEY C., BUTLER P. MARCY G., JONES H., PENNY A., McCARTHY C., CARTER B. & FISCHER D.,. 2004
     Three low-mass planets from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search
     ApJ, 623, 1171
     paper
• Other Web pages:
  1. Anglo-Australian Planet Search data
  2. California & Carnegie Planet Search Team Data

The star:

• Distance: 38 pc
• Spectral type: G2V
• Apparent magnitude: V = 7.18
• Metallicity: [Fe/H] = 0.04 ± 0.08
• Mass (M_sun): M = 1.05 ± 0.05
• Coordinates (2000):     RA = 13 32 25.5556       DEC = -47 16 16.906
• More data:
  • Basic Data (from simbad )
  • Most recent refs. (from ADS; enter ` HD 117618 ' in the `objects' field)