HD 136418 b

{{Infobox planet

| name = HD 136418 b / Awasis

| discoverer = Johnson et al.

| discovered = 2010 March 17

| discovery_method = Doppler spectroscopy

| apsis = astron

| semimajor = {{convert|1.32|±|0.3|AU|km|abbr=on}}

| eccentricity = 0.255 ± 0.041

| period = 464.3 ± 3.2 d

| star = HD 136418

}}

HD 136418 b, also known by its proper name Awasis,{{cite web|url=http://www.nameexoworlds.iau.org/final-results|title=Approved names (§ Canada)|website=Name Exo Worlds|publisher=IAU|access-date=19 December 2019}} is an extrasolar planet orbiting the G-type star HD 136418 approximately 320 light years away in the constellation Boötes It has a notable orbit, staying within the known habitable zone.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} It also has a star very similar in temperature as the Sun.{{cite web |url=http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/atlas_profile.cfm?Star=542 |title=PlanetQuest New Worlds Atlas |access-date=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527202408/http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/atlas_profile.cfm?Star=542 |archive-date=2010-05-27 }}

It was named "Awasis" by representatives of Canada in the 2019 NameExoWorlds contest held by the IAU, named after the Cree word for "child". In the same competition, The planet's parent star HD 136418 was named "Nikawiy" after the Cree word for "mother".

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References

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{{cite journal | title=Retired a Stars and Their Companions. IV. Seven Jovian Exoplanets from Keck Observatory | last1=Johnson | first1=John Asher | last2=Howard | first2=Andrew W. | last3=Bowler | first3=Brendan P. | last4=Henry | first4=Gregory W. | last5=Marcy | first5=Geoffrey W. | last6=Wright | first6=Jason T. | last7=Fischer | first7=Debra A. | last8=Isaacson | first8=Howard | display-authors=1 | journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | volume=122 | issue=892 | pages=701–711 | year=2010 | arxiv=1003.3445 | bibcode=2010PASP..122..701J | doi=10.1086/653809 | s2cid=188131 }}

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