HD 179079 b

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

{{Infobox planet

| name = HD 179079 b

| discoverer = Valenti et al.

| discovery_site = Keck Observatory

| discovered = August 12, 2009

| discovery_method = Radial velocity

| apsis = astron

| semimajor = {{val|0.1214|0.0068}} AU

| eccentricity = {{val|0.049|0.087}}

| period = {{val|14.479|0.01}} d

| time_periastron = {{val|2463211.3|3.0}}

| arg_peri = {{val|308|77}}

| semi-amplitude = {{val|6.22|0.78}}

| star = HD 179079

}}

HD 179079 b is an extrasolar planet which orbits the G-type subgiant star HD 179079, located approximately 228 light years away in the constellation Aquila. This planet has mass only 1/12 that of Jupiter or 1.5 times Neptune. The planet orbits very close to the star, at a distance of 0.11 AU. This planet takes two weeks to revolve around the star. This planet was discovered using the Keck telescopes on August 12, 2009.

References

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{{cite journal | title=Radial Velocities from the N2K Project: Six New Cold Gas Giant Planets Orbiting HD 55696, HD 98736, HD 148164, HD 203473, and HD 211810 | last1=Ment | first1=Kristo | last2=Fischer | first2=Debra A. | last3=Bakos | first3=Gaspar | last4=Howard | first4=Andrew W. | last5=Isaacson | first5=Howard | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=156 | issue=5 | at=213 | year=2018 | arxiv=1809.01228 | bibcode=2018AJ....156..213M | doi=10.3847/1538-3881/aae1f5 | s2cid=119243619 | doi-access=free }}

{{cite journal | title=Two Exoplanets Discovered at Keck Observatory | last1=Valenti | first1=Jeff A. | last2=Fischer | first2=Debra | last3=Marcy | first3=Geoffrey W. | last4=Johnson | first4=John A. | last5=Henry | first5=Gregory W. | last6=Wright | first6=Jason T. | last7=Howard | first7=Andrew W. | last8=Giguere | first8=Matt | last9=Isaacson | first9=Howard | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=702 | issue=2 | pages=989–997 | year=2009 | arxiv=0908.1612 | bibcode=2009ApJ...702..989V | doi=10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/989 | s2cid=16707072 }}

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Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2009

Category:Giant planets

Category:Aquila (constellation)

Category:Exoplanets detected by radial velocity

Category:Hot Neptunes