HD 224693 b
{{Short description|Extrasolar planet in the constellation Cetus}}
{{Infobox planet
| name = HD 224693 b / Xólotl
| discoverer = Johnson and NK2 consortium
| discovery_site = Hawaii, United States
| discovered = April 17, 2006
| discovery_method = Doppler Spectroscopy
| apsis = astron
| semimajor = {{val|0.191|0.014}} AU
| eccentricity = {{val|0.104|0.017}}
| period = {{val|26.6904|0.0019}} d
| time_periastron = {{val|2463193.79|0.77}}
| semi-amplitude = {{val|39.96|0.68}}
| star = HD 224693
}}
HD 224693 b, formally named Xólotl, is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 224693 every 27 days with a minimum mass 70% of Jupiter.
The planet HD 224693 b is named Xólotl. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Mexico, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Xólotl means animal in the native Nahuatl language and was an Aztec deity associated with the evening star (Venus).{{Cite web|url=http://www.nameexoworlds.iau.org/final-results|title=Approved names|website=NameExoworlds|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1912/|title=International Astronomical Union {{!}} IAU|website=www.iau.org|access-date=2020-01-02}}
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External links
- {{cite web | url=http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=HD+224693 | title=HD 224693 | work=Exoplanets | access-date=2008-09-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125003534/http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=HD+224693 | archive-date=2009-11-25 | url-status=dead }}
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Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2006
Category:Exoplanets detected by radial velocity
Category:Exoplanets with proper names
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