Planetary System
At the time of discovery of the planet HD 49674 b in 2002, it was the least massive planet known, very close to the boundary between sub-Jupiter mass and Neptune-mass at 0.1 MJ. This planet orbits very close to the star.
| Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | >0.105 ± 0.011 MJ | 0.0580 ± 0.0034 | 4.94737 ± 0.00098 | 0.087 ± 0.095 | — |
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