Gliese_317_b

Gliese 317 b

Gliese 317 b

Jovian planet orbiting Gliese 317

Gliese 317 b is an extrasolar planet[1] approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis. The planet was reported in July 2007 to be orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 317. The planet is a Jovian planet that orbits at about 95% of the distance between Earth and the Sun. The orbital period is about 1.9 years, corresponding to a slow orbital velocity of 14.82 km/s.

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  1. [1]
    Johnson; Butler, R. Paul; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Fischer, Debra A.; Vogt, Steven S.; Wright, Jason T.; Peek, Kathryn M. G. (2007). "A New Planet Around an M Dwarf: Revealing a Correlation Between Exoplanets and Stellar Mass". The Astrophysical Journal. 670 (1): 833–840. arXiv:0707.2409. Bibcode:2007ApJ...670..833J. doi:10.1086/521720. S2CID 9135084.


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