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Ammonia Cloud Jovian, Eccentric
Object Type: Ammonia Cloud Jovian, Eccentric
Parent Star: epsilon Eridani (K2 V)
Discovery Status: Confirmed
Orbit of epsilon Eridani b Current Planet
Habitability Zone Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ): 0.86 Jupiters
Periastron Distance: 1.29 AU
Mean Distance: 3.3 AU
Apastron Distance: 5.3 AU
Orbital Period: 2502.1 ± 20.1 Days
Eccentricity: 0.608 ± 0.041
Argument of Perihelion (omega):
34 °
Radial Velocity of Star: 19 m/s
System Age: 700 Myr
Planet Appearance:
White ammonia and water ice clouds, brown hydrocarbon stains
Estimated Radius:
1.061 Jupiters 1
Estimated Periastron Temp: 181 Kelvin
Estimated Mean Temp: 113 Kelvin
Estimated Apastron Temp: 89 Kelvin
Temp from
Internal Heating :

164.482 Kelvins 2
Max Angular Star Size: 0.35°
Mean Angular Star Size: 0.137°
Min Angular Star Size: 0.085°
Gravitational Influence
(Hill Sphere):
0.23 AU / 34520000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit: 0.082 AU / 12420000 km
Max Moon Mass: > 10 Earths 3
Tidally locked if older than: > 20 Gyr 4
Estimated Bond Albedo: ~ 0.48 5
Notes:
     1 from planet formation models of Burrows et al
     2 from planet formation models of Burrows et al
     3 based on periastron due to high eccentricity
     4 orbit may be too eccentric for 1:1 tidal lock
     5 from Sudarsky et al. 2000
Year Discovered: 2000
Detection Method: Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By: Cochran, Hatzes et al



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