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Dark Hot Jupiter
Object Type: Dark Hot Jupiter
Parent Star: HD 63454 (K4 V)
Discovery Status: Confirmed
Orbit of HD 63454 b Current Planet
Habitability Zone Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ): 0.38 Jupiters
Mean Distance: 0.036 AU
Orbital Period: 2.81782 ± 0.000095 Days
Eccentricity: 0
Argument of Perihelion (omega):
0 °
Planet Appearance:
Dark sodium haze
Estimated Mean Temp: 1017 Kelvin
Temp from
Internal Heating :

32.5468 Kelvins 1
Mean Angular Star Size: 12.559°
Gravitational Influence
(Hill Sphere):
0.001 AU / 280000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit: 0 AU / 100000 km
Max Moon Mass: < 0.0001 Earths 2
142.3595 x Phobos
Tidally locked if older than: 1 Myr 3
Estimated Bond Albedo: ~ 0 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: 2005
Detection Method: Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By: C. Moutou, M. Mayor, F. Bouchy, C. Lovis, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N.C. Santos, S. Udry, W. Benz, D. Naef, D. Ségransan, J.-P. Sivan



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