HD 6434 b

Extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 6434

HD 6434 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 6434. It has a minimum mass about half that of Jupiter. It orbits the star very close, over 2.5 times as close as Mercury orbits the Sun. For this reason it completes one orbit in only 22 days. Unlike true "hot Jupiters" like 51 Pegasi b, HD 6434 b does not have a circular orbit, but rather an eccentric one.^[1]

The planet HD 6434 b is named Eyeke. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Ecuador, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Eyeke means near in the language spoken by the Indigenous Waorani tribes.^[2]^[3]

By studying observations taken by the Hipparcos astrometric mission, a group of scientists^{[citation needed]} proposed that the planet has an inclination of 179.9° (almost exactly face-on) and a mass of 196 Jupiters. If that was the case, the planet would be a red dwarf instead. However, the data was anything but conclusive, and statistically it is extremely unlikely to lie in such a position^{[citation needed]}. But because the inclination is unknown, so is the true mass of the planet. Still, it is very probable that the object is a true planet.

References

^ Mayor, M.; et al. (2004). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XII. Orbital solutions for 16 extra-solar planets discovered with CORALIE". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 415 (1): 391–402. arXiv:astro-ph/0310316. Bibcode:2004A&A...415..391M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034250. S2CID 5233877.
^ "Approved names". NameExoworlds. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2020-01-02.

"European Southern Observatory: Six Extrasolar Planets Discovered". SpaceRef Interactive Inc. 7 August 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

External links

"HD 6434". Exoplanets. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2008-10-29.

Constellation of Phoenix

Stars

Bayer	α (Ankaa) β γ δ ε ζ (Wurren) η θ ι κ λ¹ λ² μ ν ξ π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω
Variable	RV SX YZ AD AE AI AW AZ BB BD
HR	6 23 73 109 111 120 140 148 162 171 198 202 209 229 299 350 408 411 443 447 519 524 537 574 588 632 636 659 686 698 706 8910 8920 8929 8959 8993 9001 9046 9077 9082
HD	2039 5388 6434 (Nenque) 8535 9895 11421 13218 13387 223549 224782
Other	CD-44 170 BPM 30551 HE 0107-5240 NGC 405 WASP-4 WASP-5 WASP-18 WASP-29 WASP-96 WD 2359-434