[Fe/H] 0.19 ± 0.01 Discoverer(s) Vogt et al. | Discovery date 2009-12-14 Discovery status Preprint | |
Discovery site Keck Observatory
Anglo-Australian Observatory | ||
HD 1461 b is an extrasolar planet, orbiting the 6th magnitude G-type star HD 1461, 76 light years away in the constellation Cetus. This planet has a minimum mass 8.1 times that of Earth and orbits at a precise distance of 0.063434 AU with an eccentricity of 0.04. It is currently unknown whether the planet is a gas giant like Uranus or Neptune, or has terrestrial composition like CoRoT-7 b. This planet was discovered on 14 December 2009 from using radial velocity method at Keck and Anglo-Australian Observatories.
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