Discovery date November 24, 2005 Discovery status Published | Discoverer(s) Sozzetti et al. | |
Discovery site Observatoire de Haute-Provencein France | ||
HD 81040 b is a massive, gas giant planet that orbits the star HD 81040. The period is just over 1000 days. It has semimajor axis of 1.94 AU. However, the orbit is extremely eccentric, little over 0.5 in value.
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