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HD 27894 b

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Discovery date
  
15 Feb 2005

Discovery status
  
Published

Discoverer(s)
  
Moutou, Mayor, Bouchy et al.

HD 27894 b is a gas giant with a mass at least two thirds that of Jupiter, or twice that of Saturn. The distance from the planet to the star is one third compared that of Mercury from our Sun, and it takes almost exactly 18 days to complete one roughly circular orbit.

References

HD 27894 b Wikipedia