Orbital Data and Parent Star Data for: HD40979__ b

quantity unit value 1-sigma uncertainty
Period days 267.2000000 3.0000000
Time of periastron HJD 2452330.2650000 2.5000000
Orbital eccentricity none 0.230 0.050
Argument of perihelion deg 310.800 10.000
Velocity half-amplitude m s^-1 108.000 2.000
M*sin(i) M_Jup 3.514 ---
Stellar mass M_Sun 1.08 ---
Stellar T_eff Kelvin 6000 ---
Planetary T_eff Kelvin 324 ---
Stellar Radius R_Sun 1.200 ---
Predicted Planetary Radius (w/o core) R_Jupiter 1.093 ---
T_circ (w/o core) Gyr ****** ---
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