HD 83443 b

HD 83443 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 134 light-years away^[2] in the constellation of Vela. It was discovered in 2000 by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search Team led by Michel Mayor.^[1] It has a minimum mass comparable to Saturn, and its orbit is one of the shortest known, 1/25th that of Earth's. It takes only three days to complete one revolution around the star.^[3]

HD 83443 b / Buru

Discovery
Discovered by	Mayor et al.
Discovery site	France
Discovery date	April 15, 2000[1]
Detection method	Doppler Spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.039 AU (5,800,000 km)
Eccentricity	0.013 ± 0.013
Orbital period (sidereal)	2.98565 ± 0.00003 d
Time of periastron	2,451,497.5 ± 0.3
Argument of periastron	11 ± 11
Semi-amplitude	56.3 ± 1.4
Star	HD 83443

The planet HD 83443 b is named Buru. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Kenya, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Buru means dust in the Dholuo language.^[4][5]