Near Epistellar Giant
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| Statistics |
| Star System: | upsilon Andromedae
| Discovery Status:
| Confirmed
| Mass:
| 1.98 Jupiters
| Average Distance:
| 0.83 AUs
| Period:
| 242 Days
| Orbital Eccentricity:
| 0.23
| Argument of Perihelion (omega):
| 251°
| Tug on Star:
| 56 m/s
| Average Temperature:
| 350 Kelvin
| Detection Method:
| Doppler Spectroscopy
| Discovered By:
| Marcy and Butler
| Year Discovered:
| 1999
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Planetary Orbit
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Velocity Curve
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Night Sky
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Upsilon Andromedae c | Too hot for white ice crystal clouds to form, but too cold for the planet to glow red, upsilon Andromedae c is colored blue by Raleigh scattering. In the forground, a Mars-like moon undergoes a global dust storm. | ||