Mu Arae (HD 160691)

mu Ara / HD 160691
 Yellow Main Sequence Star

  System Components
(Mass in Multiples of Jupiter's Mass)

mu Ara d
Epistellar Superearth

Statistics
Star System:  mu Ara
Discovery Status:  Confirmed
Mass:  14 Earths
Average Distance:  0.09 AUs
Period:  9.55 Days
Orbital Eccentricity:  0
Argument of Perihelion (omega):  0°
Detection Method:  Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By:  Santos et al
Year Discovered:  2004

mu Ara b
Eccentric Giant

Statistics
Star System:  mu Ara
Discovery Status:  Confirmed
Mass:  1.67 Jupiters
Average Distance:  1.5 AUs
Period:  654.5 Days
Orbital Eccentricity:  0.31
Argument of Perihelion (omega):  294°
Tug on Star:  41 m/s
Detection Method:  Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By:  TINNEY C., BUTLER P., MARCY G., JONES H., PENNY A., VOGT S., APPS K. & HENRY C.
Year Discovered:  13 Jun 2002
 

mu Ara c
Eccentric Giant

 

Statistics
Star System:  mu Ara
Discovery Status:  Confirmed
Mass:  3.1 Jupiters
Average Distance:  4.17 AUs
Period:  2986 Days
Orbital Eccentricity:  0.57
Argument of Perihelion (omega):  161°
Detection Method:  Doppler Spectroscopy
Discovered By:  H.R.A.Jones
Year Discovered:  13 Jun 2002

Planetary Orbits

 
 

Position In Ara