Object Type:	Sulfurous Cloud Jovian, Eccentric
Parent Star:	iota Horologii (G0V pecul.)
Discovery Status:	Likely
Habitability:	Planet at inner edge of Habitable Zone at Mean Orbital Distance
Current Planet Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ):	1.94 ± 0.18 Jupiters
Periastron Distance:	0.69 AU
Mean Distance:	0.91 ± 0.104 AU
Apastron Distance:	1.12 AU
Orbital Period:	311.288 ± 2.1 Days
Eccentricity:	0.24 ± 0.07
Argument of Perihelion (omega):	343 °
Radial Velocity of Star:	30 m/s
Planet Appearance:	Sulfur stained clouds of water or H2SO4
Estimated Radius:	1.026 Jupiters 1
Estimated Periastron Temp:	358 Kelvin
Estimated Mean Temp:	312 Kelvin
Estimated Apastron Temp:	280 Kelvin
Temp from Internal Heating :	131.944 Kelvins 2
Max Angular Star Size:	1.079°
Mean Angular Star Size:	0.818°
Min Angular Star Size:	0.664°
Gravitational Influence (Hill Sphere):	0.076 AU / 11470000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit:	0.027 AU / 4120000 km
Max Moon Mass:	> 10 Earths 3,4
Tidally locked if older than:	> 20 Gyr 5
Estimated Bond Albedo:	~ 0.79 6
Notes:      1 from planet formation models of Burrows et al      2 from planet formation models of Burrows et al      3 assuming age of 5 Gyr      4 based on periastron due to high eccentricity      5 orbit may be too eccentric for 1:1 tidal lock      6 from Sudarsky et al. 2000
Year Discovered:	1998
Detection Method:	Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By:	Kurster et al

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