[exoplanets] A long-period Jupiter-like planet found orbiting a nearby dwarf star

[Joca]

A team of scientists from USA, using observations obtained at the W.M. Keck Observatory, reported a discovery of a planet with a minimum mass of 0.82 MJup in a 5.16 year orbit. At orbital distance of 2.35 AU, GJ 849 b is the first planet discovered around this type of star to orbit beyond 0.21 AU, and is only the second Jupiter mass planet discovered around a star with less than half of the mass of our Sun.

more @ http://www.xsmagazine.co.nr/

[Blob]

Hum,
excellent website, but there is a thread about GJ849b already
http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?t=47863

[Joca]

Sorry, I did a search on 'gj 849' but the thread didn't show up. Delete this one then, I wasn't aware that another one already exists.

Cheers,
Jovan