HD 73526 c

HD 73526 c

Discovery
Discovered by	Tinney et al.
Discovery date	Feb 25, 2006
Detection method	Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	1.05 ± 0.08 AU (157,000,000 ± 12,000,000 km)
Eccentricity	0.40±0.05
Orbital period (sidereal)	376.9±0.9 d
Time of periastron	2,450,184±33
Argument of periastron	183±30
Semi-amplitude	67.4±3.6
Star	HD 73526

HD 73526 c is an extrasolar planet orbiting about 97 million miles (1.05 AU) away from its parent star. Based on its mass, this planet is likely to be a gas giant. At the distance this planet orbits from its star, which is more luminous than the Sun, HD 73526 c would receive insolation 84% that of Venus.

HD 73526 c is in a 2:1 orbital resonance with HD 73526 b. Every time planet b goes around its sun twice, planet c goes around once, a similar configuration to planets b and c of the Gliese 876 system.