Object Type:	Water Cloud Jovian, Eccentric
Parent Star:	mu Arae (G3 IV-V)
Discovery Status:	Confirmed
Habitability:	Planet at Earthlike Temperatures at Mean Orbital Distance
Current Planet Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ):	1.67 ± 0.1 Jupiters
Periastron Distance:	1.03 AU
Mean Distance:	1.5 ± 0.02 AU
Apastron Distance:	1.96 AU
Orbital Period:	654.5 Days
Eccentricity:	0.31
Argument of Perihelion (omega):	294 °
Radial Velocity of Star:	41 m/s
System Age:	> 2000 Myr
Planet Appearance:	White water ice clouds
Estimated Radius:	1.045 Jupiters 1
Estimated Periastron Temp:	289 Kelvin
Estimated Mean Temp:	240 Kelvin
Estimated Apastron Temp:	209 Kelvin
Temp from Internal Heating :	157.254 Kelvins 2
Max Angular Star Size:	0.717°
Mean Angular Star Size:	0.492°
Min Angular Star Size:	0.377°
Gravitational Influence (Hill Sphere):	0.118 AU / 17710000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit:	0.042 AU / 6370000 km
Max Moon Mass:	> 10 Earths 3
Tidally locked if older than:	> 20 Gyr 4
Estimated Bond Albedo:	~ 0.79 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:	13 Jun 2002
Detection Method:	Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By:	TINNEY C., BUTLER P., MARCY G., JONES H., PENNY A., VOGT S., APPS K. & HENRY C.

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