HD 4113

HD 4113 is an 8th magnitude metal rich G5V star located approximately 144 light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. This star is similar to our Sun and has one planet.

Planetary system

On 26 October 2007, Tamuz used the radial velocity method and found a planet with a minimum mass one and half times that of Jupiter orbiting at 1.28 AU away from HD 4113.
The HD 4113 system[2] Companion
(in order from star) Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) Orbital period
(days) Eccentricity
b ≥1.56 ± 0.04 MJ 1.28 526.62 ± 0.3 0.903 ± 0.005

See also

* HD 156846
* List of extrasolar planets

References

1. ^ a b c d e van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "HIP 3391". Hipparcos, the New Reduction. http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=I/311/hip2&recno=3384. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
2. ^ Tamuz et al.; Ségransan, D.; Udry, S.; Mayor, M.; Eggenberger, A.; Naef, D.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D. et al. (2008). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XV. Discovery of two eccentric planets orbiting HD 4113 and HD 156846". Astronomy and Astrophysics 480: L33–L36. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078737. http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2008/12/aa8737-07/aa8737-07.html. web preprint

External links

* "Notes for star HD 4113". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=HD+4113. Retrieved 2008-08-24.