HD 76700 b
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HD 76700 b is an exoplanet discovered orbiting the star in 2002. The planet is a hot Jupiter
with a mass at least 0.233 times that of Jupiter
. It orbits very close to its parent star and completes one orbit in less than four day
s.
Hot Jupiter
Hot Jupiters are a class of extrasolar planet whose mass is close to or exceeds that of Jupiter...
with a mass at least 0.233 times that of Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
. It orbits very close to its parent star and completes one orbit in less than four day
Day
A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean that portion of the full day during which a location is illuminated by the light of the sun...
s.