Orbital Data and Parent Star Data for: HD179949_ b

quantity unit value 1-sigma uncertainty
Period days 3.0925140 0.0000320
Time of periastron HJD 2453321.7455000 0.4400000
Orbital eccentricity none 0.022 0.015
Argument of perihelion deg 192.000 20.000
Velocity half-amplitude m s^-1 112.600 1.800
M*sin(i) M_Jup 0.881 ---
Stellar mass M_Sun 1.14 ---
Stellar T_eff Kelvin 6165 ---
Planetary T_eff Kelvin 1432 ---
Stellar Radius R_Sun 1.170 ---
Predicted Planetary Radius (w/o core) R_Jupiter 1.127 ---
T_circ (w/o core) Gyr 0.161 ---
T_damp (w/o core) Gyr ****** ---


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