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BD 10°3166 b

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Discovery date
  
22 April 2000

Discovery status
  
Published

Discoverer(s)
  
Butler, Vogt, Marcy et al.

Discovery site
  
California, United States

BD-10°3166 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 218 light-years away in the constellation of Crater. This planet is a so-called "Hot Jupiter," a planet that orbits its parent star in a very close orbit. Distance to the star is less than 1/20th Earth's distance from the Sun. No transits by the planet have been detected, so the planet's orbital plane cannot be exactly aligned with our direction of view.

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BD-10°3166 b Wikipedia