Eta2 Hydri b

{{Short description|Extrasolar planet in the constrellation Hydrus}}

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Eta2 Hydri b}}

{{Infobox planet

| name = Eta2 Hydri b

| discoverer = Setiawan et al.

| discovery_site = Chile, La Silla

| discovered = 25 May 2005

| discovery_method = Radial velocity

| apsis = astron

| semimajor = {{convert|1.93|AU|km|abbr=on}}

| eccentricity = 0.40±0.07

| period = 711±8 d

| time_periastron = 2,451,420

| arg_peri = 351.5±9.5

| semi-amplitude = 105±8

| star = Eta2 Hydri

| mass = >6.54 {{Jupiter mass|link=y}}

}}

Eta2 Hydri b2 Hyi b, η2 Hydri b), commonly known as HD 11977 b, is an extrasolar planet that is approximately 217 light-years away in the constellation of Hydrus. The presence of the planet around an intermediately massive giant star provides indirect evidence for the existence of planetary systems around A-type stars.

References

  • {{cite journal | url=http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2005/26/aahb021/aahb021.html | last1 =Setiawan | first1=J. | title=A substellar companion around the intermediate-mass giant star HD 11977 | journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics | year=2005 | volume=437 | issue=2 | pages=L31–L34 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:200500133 | last2=Rodmann | first2=J. | last3=Da Silva | first3=L. | last4=Hatzes | first4=A. P. | last5=Pasquini | first5=L. | last6=Von Der Lühe | first6=O. | last7=De Medeiros | first7=J. R. | last8=Döllinger | first8=M. P. | last9=Girardi | first9=L. | bibcode=2005A&A...437L..31S|arxiv = astro-ph/0505510 | s2cid =6362483 }}