HD 99109

'HD 99109' is a K-type main-sequence star in the constellation Leo. It is one and half degree away from the celestial equator to the south. It is an orange dwarf, meaning that it is 93% as massive, probably smaller, and 72.4% the luminosity of our Sun. It is over twice the abundance of iron relative to hydrogen than the Sun in which the planets are common around such stars. There is one known planet in this star system found in 2006.

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HD 99109 b

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HD 99109 b

'HD 99109 b' is a W-type planet one half the mass of Jupiter and orbits slightly further from the star than Earth to the Sun. The orbital eccentricity is about the same as planet Mars.

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★ 'The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia:' HD 99109

★ 'SIMBAD:' HD 99109