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Clarified Jovian, Eccentric
Object Type: Clarified Jovian, Eccentric
Parent Star: 54 Piscium (K0 V)
Discovery Status: Confirmed
Orbit of 54 Piscium b Current Planet
Habitability Zone Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ): 0.2 Jupiters
Periastron Distance: 0.1 AU
Mean Distance: 0.284 AU
Apastron Distance: 0.46 AU
Orbital Period: 62.23 Days
Eccentricity: 0.63
Argument of Perihelion (omega):
235.7 °
Planet Appearance:
Blue and cloudless
Estimated Periastron Temp: 664 Kelvin
Estimated Mean Temp: 404 Kelvin
Estimated Apastron Temp: 316 Kelvin
Max Angular Star Size: 4.787°
Mean Angular Star Size: 1.685°
Min Angular Star Size: 1.04°
Gravitational Influence
(Hill Sphere):
0.012 AU / 1830000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit: 0.004 AU / 650000 km
Max Moon Mass: < 0.0001 Earths 1,2,3
3.3147 x Miranda
Tidally locked if older than: > 20 Gyr 4
Estimated Bond Albedo: ~ 0.05 5
Notes:
     1 assuming age of 5 Gyr
     2 inaccurate for planets with mass < 0.3 Jupiters
     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: 2003
Detection Method: Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By: FISCHER D., BUTLER P., MARCY G., VOGT S. & HENRY G.

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