HD 187085 b

HD 187085 b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2006 by a team led by Hugh Jones. HD 187085 b orbits its star in a highly eccentric orbit. The discovery was made as part of the Anglo-Australian Planet Search.^[2]

HD 187085 b

Discovery
Discovered by	Jones et al.
Discovery site	Australia
Discovery date	March 14, 2006
Detection method	Doppler spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics
Apastron	2.72 AU (407,000,000 km)
Periastron	1.38 AU (206,000,000 km)
Semi-major axis	2.05 AU (307,000,000 km)
Eccentricity	0.33[1]
Orbital period (sidereal)	986 d 2.70 y
Average orbital speed	22.7
Time of periastron	2,450,912
Argument of periastron	94
Semi-amplitude	26
Star	HD 187085
Physical characteristics
Mass	>0.75 MJ

Their interpretation of the data set the eccentricity at 0.47. Using a statistical computer program, another team reinterpreted the same data for a lower eccentricity of 0.33.^[1]

See also

• HD 188015 b
• HD 20782 b