HD 132406 b
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HD 132406 b is a long period massive gas giant
extrasolar planet
orbiting the Sun
-like star HD 132406
at a distance of 71 parsecs.
HD 132406 b has at least 5.61 times the mass of Jupiter
. The orbital distance from the star is almost twice that of from Earth to the Sun. The orbital period
is 2.7 years.
Gas giant
A gas giant is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in the Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune...
extrasolar planet
Extrasolar planet
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars...
orbiting the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
-like star HD 132406
HD 132406
HD 132406 is a star in Boötes constellation. The spectrum is G0V, apparent magnitude +8.45, and the stellar distance 231.5 ly .The star is 100K hotter, 1.8 Gya older, and 1.5 times more enrich in heavy elements [Fe/H] than our Sun....
at a distance of 71 parsecs.
HD 132406 b has at least 5.61 times the mass of Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
. The orbital distance from the star is almost twice that of from Earth to the Sun. The orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
is 2.7 years.