Orbital Data and Parent Star Data for: HD117618_ b

quantity unit value 1-sigma uncertainty
Period days 52.2000000 0.5000000
Time of periastron HJD 2452958.3000000 2.0000000
Orbital eccentricity none 0.390 0.100
Argument of perihelion deg 359.000 40.000
Velocity half-amplitude m s^-1 10.600 2.000
M*sin(i) M_Earth 59.940 ---
Stellar mass M_Sun 1.07 ---
Stellar T_eff Kelvin 5900 ---
Planetary T_eff Kelvin 532 ---
Stellar Radius R_Sun 1.090 ---
Predicted Planetary Radius (w/o core) R_Jupiter 1.027 ---
T_circ (w/o core) Gyr 0.407 ---
T_damp (w/o core) Gyr 1.133 ---


Planet radii from theoretical models of:
Bodenheimer, Laughlin, and Lin 2003, Astrophysical Journal, v. 592, 555-563.

Damping timescales from:
Adams and Laughlin 2006, ApJ : link