HD 86264 b

HD 86264 b is an extrasolar planet which orbits the F-type main sequence star HD 86264, located approximately 237 light years away in the constellation Hydra.^[1] The planet is considered to orbit in an eccentric path around the star with a period of about four years. This planet can be as close as 0.86 AU to as far as 4.86 AU. It has minimum mass seven Jupiter masses and orbits at a distance of 2.86 astronomical units. This planet was detected by radial velocity method on August 13, 2009.

HD 86264 b

Discovery
Discovery date	August 13, 2009
Detection method	Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
Apastron	4.86 AU (727,000,000 km)
Periastron	0.86 AU (129,000,000 km)
Semi-major axis	2.86 ± 0.07 AU (428,000,000 ± 10,000,000 km)
Eccentricity	0.7 ± 0.2
Orbital period (sidereal)	1475 ± 55 d 4.04 ± 0.15 y
Time of periastron	15172 ± 114
Argument of periastron	306 ± 10
Star	HD 86264

An estimate of the planet's inclination and true mass (~9.81 M_J) via astrometry, though with high error, was published in 2022.^[2]