HD 96167 b

HD 96167 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 280 light years away in the constellation of Crater, orbiting the 8th magnitude G-type subgiant HD 96167. It is a Jupiter-type planet that orbits at 1.3 AU in extremely elliptical orbit.[2] The planet was discovered on April 17, 2009.

HD 96167 b

HD 96167 b's orbit compared to the orbit of Mars (1.5AU) in the Solar System. This eccentric Jupiter has a comet-like orbit.
Discovery
Discovered by	Peek et al.
Discovery site	Lick and Keck Observatories
Discovery date	April 17, 2009
Detection method	radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	1.332±0.092 AU
Eccentricity	0.681±0.033[1]
Orbital period	498.1±0.81[1] d
Time of periastron	2463060.3±4.5[1]
Argument of periastron	288.3±6.4[1]
Semi-amplitude	21.1±1.6[1]
Star	HD 96167

References

1. Ment, Kristo; et al. (2018). "Radial Velocities from the N2K Project: Six New Cold Gas Giant Planets Orbiting HD 55696, HD 98736, HD 148164, HD 203473, and HD 211810". The Astronomical Journal. 156 (5). 213. arXiv:1809.01228. Bibcode:2018AJ....156..213M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aae1f5.
2. Peek, John Asher; et al. (2009). "Old, rich, and eccentric: two jovian planets orbiting evolved metal-rich stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 121 (880): 613–620. arXiv:0904.2786. Bibcode:2009PASP..121..613P. doi:10.1086/599862.