Nu2Canis Majoris b
 Artist's impression | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Wittenmyer, Robert A |
| Discovery date | December 2011 |
| Radial Velocity | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 1.9 ± 0.1 AU (284,000,000 ± 15,000,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14 ± 0.06 |
| 763 ± 17d | |
| 2455520 ± 89 | |
| 12 ± 41 | |
| Star | Nu2Canis Majoris |
Nu2Canis Majoris b,(7 CMa b) is awater cloud jovianextrasolar planetorbiting the starNu2Canis Majoris,approximately 64.71 light years away in theconstellationofCanis Major.It was discovered in 2011 by Wittenmyer, R. byradial velocity.[1]
References[edit]
- ^Wittenmyer; Endl, M.; Wang, L.; Johnson, J. A.W.; Tinney, C.G.; O'Toole, S.J. (2011)."The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. I. A Giant Planet Orbiting 7 CMa".The Astrophysical Journal.743(2): 7.arXiv:astro-ph/0703672.Bibcode:2011ApJ...743..184W.doi:10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/184.S2CID26948630.
External links[edit]
- California Institute of Technology."7 CMa b".Retrieved25 January2014.
- Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia."7 CMa b".Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.Retrieved25 January2014.
- Exoplanet Orbit Database."Exoplanets - Detail View".Retrieved25 January2014.
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