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Clarified Jovian
Object Type: Clarified Jovian
Parent Star: HD 130322 (K0 V)
Discovery Status: Confirmed
Orbit of HD 130322 b Current Planet
Habitability Zone Habitability Zone
Mass ( M sin i ): 1.08 Jupiters
Mean Distance: 0.088 AU
Orbital Period: 10.724 Days
Eccentricity: 0.048
Argument of Perihelion (omega):
205 °
Radial Velocity of Star: 116 m/s
System Age: 350 Myr
Planet Appearance:
Blue and cloudless
Estimated Radius:
1.103 Jupiters 1
Estimated Mean Temp: 765 Kelvin
Temp from
Internal Heating :

215.704 Kelvins 2
Mean Angular Star Size: 5.863°
Gravitational Influence
(Hill Sphere):
0.006 AU / 990000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit: 0.002 AU / 350000 km
Max Moon Mass: 0.0204 Earths
1.6601 x Moon
Tidally locked if older than: 420 Myr
Estimated Bond Albedo: ~ 0.05 3
Notes:
     1 from planet formation models of Burrows et al
     2 from planet formation models of Burrows et al
     3 from Sudarsky et al. 2000
Year Discovered: 1999
Detection Method: Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By: Udry S., Mayor M., Naef D., Pepe F.,
Queloz D., Santos N., Burnet M.

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