HR 5183 b

HR 5183 b is an exoplanet located 102.7 light years away in the constellation of Virgo orbiting the star HR 5183. It has a minimum mass of 3 Jupiter masses. It has a highly eccentric (e≃0.84) orbit which takes it from within the orbit of Jupiter to beyond the orbit of Neptune, which classifies it as an eccentric Jupiter and it has been nicknamed the "whiplash planet"[2] and "Planet Pi".[1] It was discovered in 2019 based on two decades of radial velocity observations.[1]

HR 5183
The planet's orbit and comparison to Jupiter
Discovery[1]
Discovered byBlunt et al.
Discovery date2019
Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
18+6
−4
 AU
[1]
Eccentricity0.84±0.04[1]
75.017 ± 30.116 years[1]
Physical characteristics
Mass≥3.23±0.14 MJ[1]

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    References

    1. Blunt, Sarah; Endl, Michael; Weiss, Lauren M.; Cochran, William D.; Howard, Andrew W.; MacQueen, Phillip J.; et al. (August 2019). "Radial Velocity Discovery of an Eccentric Jovian World Orbiting at 18 au". arXiv:1908.09925 [astro-ph.EP].
    2. "This weird 'whiplash' planet is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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