HD 73256 b

HD 73256 b is a Hot Jupiter orbiting the yellow dwarf HD 73256 with an orbital period of around 2.55 days. It was developed by Udry et al. discovered using the radial velocity method (publication 2003). The minimum mass of the object is 1.87 masses of Jupiter. The semi-major axis of its orbit measures approx. 0.037 astronomical units with an eccentricity of 0.03.

Web links

• The exoplanet in the "Encyclopedia of Extrasolar Planets"