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Dark Hot Jupiter
Object Type: Dark Hot Jupiter
Parent Star: HD 179949 (F8 V)
Discovery Status: Confirmed
Orbit of HD 179949 b Current Planet
Habitability Zone Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ): 0.98 Jupiters
Mean Distance: 0.04 AU
Orbital Period: 3.092 Days
Eccentricity: 0.05
Argument of Perihelion (omega):
169 °
Radial Velocity of Star: 102 m/s
Planet Appearance:
Dark sodium haze
Estimated Mean Temp: 1493 Kelvin
Temp from
Internal Heating :

102.503 Kelvins 1
Mean Angular Star Size: 16.489°
Gravitational Influence
(Hill Sphere):
0.002 AU / 370000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit: 0 AU / 130000 km
Max Moon Mass: < 0.0001 Earths 2
1366.4854 x Phobos
Tidally locked if older than: 1 Myr 3
Estimated Bond Albedo: ~ 0.03 4
Notes:
     1 from planet formation models of Burrows et al
     2 assuming age of 5 Gyr
     3 orbit may be too eccentric for 1:1 tidal lock
     4 from Sudarsky et al. 2000
Year Discovered: 2000
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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