HD 212301 b
{{Short description|Extrasolar planet in the constellation Octans}}
{{Infobox planet
| name = HD 212301 b
| discoverer = Lo Curto et al.
| discovery_site = La Silla Observatory
| discovered = August 22, 2005
| discovery_method = Doppler spectroscopy
| apsis = astron
| aphelion = {{convert|0.0341|AU|km|abbr=on}}
| perihelion = {{convert|0.0341|AU|km|abbr=on}}
| semimajor = {{convert|0.0341|AU|km|abbr=on}}
| eccentricity = 0
| period = 2.24572 ± 28 d
53.897 h
| avg_speed = 166
| time_periastron = 2453549.195 ± 0.004
| arg_peri = 0
| semi-amplitude = 59.5 ± 0.7
| star = HD 212301
}}
HD 212301 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 172 light-years (53 parsecs) away in the constellation of Octans, orbiting the star HD 212301. It has an orbital period of 2.25 Earth days. The orbital distance is 0.0341 astronomical units or 5.10 gigameters.
On August 22, 2005, taking place in ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile, the planet was discovered by Lo Curto who used the HARPS spectrometer.
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- {{cite encyclopedia | url=http://exoplanet.eu/planet.php?p1=HD+212301&p2=b | title=Notes for planet HD 212301 b | access-date=2008-08-29 | archive-date=2012-06-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602015353/http://exoplanet.eu/planet.php?p1=HD+212301&p2=b | encyclopedia=Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web | url=http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=HD+212301 | title=HD 212301 | work=Exoplanets | access-date=2008-08-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514234219/http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=HD+212301 | archive-date=2008-05-14 | url-status=dead }}
{{Sky|22|27|30.9195|-|77|43|04.521|171.93}}{{Octans}}
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Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2005
Category:Exoplanets detected by radial velocity
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