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HD 168443 b

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Discovery date
  
September 9, 1998

Discovery site
  
Hawaii, United States

Discoverer(s)
  
Butler, Marcy et al.

Discovery status
  
Published

HD 168443 b is a planet seven times as massive as Jupiter. Given the high mass, this planet is likely to be a gas giant, or possibly a small brown dwarf depending on the orbital inclination. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, and its surface temperature is likely to be very high.

References

HD 168443 b Wikipedia


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