HD 12661 c

{{Short description|Extrasolar planet in the constellation Aries}}

{{Infobox planet

| name = HD 12661 c

| image = HD 12661 c (Celestia).jpg

| caption = The exoplanet HD 12661 c (min mass ~1.57 MJ)

| discoverer = Fischer et al.

| discovery_site = California & Carnegie
Planet Search

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| discovered = April 1, 2003

| discovery_method = Radial velocity

| apsis = astron

| semimajor = {{convert|2.56|AU|km|abbr=on}}

| eccentricity = 0.031 ± 0.022

| period = 1708 ± 14 d

| time_periastron = 2,452,130 ± 330

| arg_peri = 38

| semi-amplitude = 29.27 ± 0.88

| star = HD 12661

}}

HD 12661 c is a giant exoplanet one and a half times the mass of Jupiter orbiting around HD 12661.

References

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{{cite journal | title=A Planetary Companion to HD 40979 and Additional Planets Orbiting HD 12661 and HD 38529 | last1=Fischer | first1=Debra A. | last2=Marcy | first2=Geoffrey W. | last3=Butler | first3=R. Paul | last4=Vogt | first4=Steven S. | last5=Henry | first5=Gregory W. | last6=Pourbaix | first6=Dimitri | last7=Walp | first7=Bernard | last8=Misch | first8=Anthony A. | last9=Wright | first9=Jason T. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=586 | issue=2 | pages=1394–1408 | year=2003 | bibcode=2003ApJ...586.1394F | doi=10.1086/367889 | doi-access=free }}

}}

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Category:Aries (constellation)

Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2003

Category:Giant planets

Category:Exoplanets detected by radial velocity

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