Object Type:	Sulfurous Cloud Jovian, Eccentric
Parent Star:	HD 142 (G1 IV)
Discovery Status:	Confirmed
Habitability:	Planet at inner edge of Habitable Zone at Mean Orbital Distance
Current Planet Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ):	1 Jupiters
Periastron Distance:	0.6 AU
Mean Distance:	0.98 AU
Apastron Distance:	1.35 AU
Orbital Period:	337.112 Days
Eccentricity:	0.38
Argument of Perihelion (omega):	72 °
Radial Velocity of Star:	29.6 m/s
Planet Appearance:	Sulfur stained clouds of water or H2SO4
Estimated Radius:	0.997 Jupiters 1
Estimated Periastron Temp:	429 Kelvin
Estimated Mean Temp:	338 Kelvin
Estimated Apastron Temp:	288 Kelvin
Temp from Internal Heating :	103.402 Kelvins 2
Max Angular Star Size:	1.507°
Mean Angular Star Size:	0.922°
Min Angular Star Size:	0.669°
Gravitational Influence (Hill Sphere):	0.064 AU / 9690000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit:	0.023 AU / 3480000 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:	2001
Detection Method:	Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By:	Vogt S., Butler P., Marcy G., Fischer D., Pourbaix D., Apps K., & Laughlin G.

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