Planet RR Cae b
| Name | RR Cae b | |
| Discovered in | 2012 | |
| M × sin i | 4.2 ± 0.4 MJ | |
| Semi-major axis | 5.3 ± 0.6 AU |  |
| Orbital period | 4350 ± 37 days | |
| Eccentricity | — | |
| ω | — | |
| Tperi | — | |
| Radius | — | |
| Inclination | — | |
| Update | Jan. 23, 2012 | |
| Detection method | pulsar | |
| Molecules detected | — |
Remarks
23 Jan 2012: This planetary candidate has been detected by timing of the binary parent star eclipses (Qian et al. 2012).A second planet with a pariod longer than 26.3 years is possibly present (Qian et al. 2012)
Star
| Name | RR Cae | |
| Distance | — | |
| Spectral type | DAZ8+dM | |
| Apparent magnitude V | 14.4 | |
| Mass | 0.622 MSun | |
| Age | Gyr | |
| Effective temperature | K | |
| Radius | RSun | |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | ||
| RA2000 | 04:21:06.0 | |
| Dec2000 | -48:39:07 | |
| Planetary system | 1 planet |
More data
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Related publications
A Circumbinary Planet in Orbit Around the Short-Period White-Dwarf Eclipsing Binary RR Cae
April 21, 2012
QIAN S.-B., LIU L., ZHU L.-Y., DAI Z.-B., FERNANDEZ LAJUS E. & BAUME G.
MNRAS, 422, 24
paper accepted
The Exoplanet Handbook
May 22, 2012
Michael Perryman
Content
Content and Chapter 5