HD 145377 b is an
extrasolar planet
An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...
located approximately 180
light-year
A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...
s away This planet was discovered on October 26, 2008 by Moutou ''et al.'' using the
HARPS spectrograph
The High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) is a high-precision echelle planet-finding spectrograph installed in 2002 on the ESO's 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory in Chile. The first light was achieved in February 2003. H ...
on ESO's 3.6 meter telescope installed at
La Silla Observatory
La Silla Observatory is an astronomy, astronomical observatory in Chile with three telescopes built and operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Several other telescopes are located at the site and are partly maintained by ESO. The obse ...
in
Atacama desert
The Atacama Desert ( es, Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
.
See also
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BD-17°63 b
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HD 131664
HD 131664 is an 8th apparent magnitude, magnitude star in the southern constellation of Apus with an orbiting brown dwarf or stellar companion. Stellar parallax, Parallax measurements by the Gaia (spacecraft), Gaia space observatory provi ...
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HD 143361 b
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HD 147513 b
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HD 153950 b
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HD 20868 b
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HD 43848
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HD 48265 b
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HD 73267 b
HD 73267 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 164 light-years away. This planet was discovered on October 26, 2008 by Moutou ''et al.'' using the HARPS spectrograph on ESO's 3.6 meter telescope installed at La Silla Observatory in Ataca ...
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Exoplanets discovered in 2008
Giant planets
Scorpius
Exoplanets detected by radial velocity
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