38 Virginis b
38 Virginis b is a super-Jupiter exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star 38 Virginis about 108.5 light-years (33.26 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The exoplanet was found by using the radial velocity method, from radial-velocity measurements via observation of Doppler shifts in the spectrum of the planet's parent star.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 29 August 2016 |
Detection method | radial velocity |
| Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 1.82 (± 0.07) AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.03 (± 0.04) |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 825.9 (± 6.2) d |
| 2455490.2 ± 177.3 | |
| −87.3 ± 77.7 | |
| Star | 38 Virginis |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 4.51 (± 0.5) MJ |
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