HD 109749 b
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HD 109749 b is an extrasolar planet
that orbits extremely close to the star
HD 109749
, taking only 5.24 days to orbit at the distance of 0.063 AU. This planet was discovered on August 22, 2005 - the same day as the discovery of Gliese 581 b
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Extrasolar planet
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars...
that orbits extremely close to the star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
HD 109749
HD 109749
HD 109749 is a yellow subgiant star about 192 light years away in the constellation of Centaurus. Its mass is 1.2 solar and effective temperature 5610 kelvins. In 2005 a planet was discovered by Debra Fischer....
, taking only 5.24 days to orbit at the distance of 0.063 AU. This planet was discovered on August 22, 2005 - the same day as the discovery of Gliese 581 b
Gliese 581 b
Gliese 581 b or Gl 581 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Gliese 581. It is the first planet of six discovered in the system so far, and the second in order from the star.- Discovery :...
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