Pollux b (Q1205308)

International Astronomical Union

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name

Thestias (English)

named by

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reference URL

https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/

mass

2.9±0.1 Jupiter mass

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time of discovery or invention

catalog code

HD 62509b

catalog

Henry Draper Catalogue

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TIC 423088367b

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discoverer or inventor

Artie P. Hatzes

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October 2006

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

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inferred from equatorial coordinates

constellation

Gemini

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based on heuristic

parent astronomical body

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

object stated in reference as

HD 62509

object stated in reference as

HD 62509

argument of periapsis

167.7±13 degree

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Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes

277±8 degree

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Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars. II. Pollux and Its Planetary Companion

354.58±95.65 degree

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

M sin i

2.63±0.1 Jupiter mass

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Planet engulfment by ~1.5-3 M☉ red giants

2.3±0.45 Jupiter mass

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

2.64±0.2 Jupiter mass

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Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes

2.9±0.1 Jupiter mass

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Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars. II. Pollux and Its Planetary Companion

orbital eccentricity

0.02±0.03

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

0.011±0.033

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Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes

0.06±0.04

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Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars. II. Pollux and Its Planetary Companion

orbital period

596.6±2.26 day

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Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes

589.7±3.5 day

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Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars. II. Pollux and Its Planetary Companion

589.64±0.81 day

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

semi-major axis of an orbit

1.66±0.13 astronomical unit

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Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes

1.64±0.27 astronomical unit

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum

1.61±0.03 astronomical unit

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Planet engulfment by ~1.5-3 M☉ red giants

1.69±0.03 astronomical unit

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Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars. II. Pollux and Its Planetary Companion

angular distance

0.163443 arcsecond

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Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID

HD 62509 b

parallax

96.54±0.27 milliarcsecond

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declination component of proper motion

−45.8±0.18 milliarcsecond per year

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right ascension component of proper motion

−626.55±0.3 milliarcsecond per year

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right ascension

116.328957792 degree

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declination

28.026198889 degree

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time of periapsis

2,447,739.02±4.5 Julian day

epoch

J2000.0

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Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum