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PDS 70 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/PDS 70 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

PDS 70 b

Orbiting PDS 70

Discovered in 2018 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,018
Method: Imaging
Radius: 21.969602 R⊕
Mass: 1,017.050902 M⊕
Orbit: 43,500 days
Distance: 113.064 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 43,500 days
Semi-major axis: 20.8 AU
Eccentricity: 0.17
Radius: 21.969602 Earth radii
Mass: 1,017.050902 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 0.527 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 1,392 K
Insolation: 0.0008 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: PDS 70
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 2
Spectral type: K7
Stellar temperature: 4,109 K
Stellar radius: 1.26 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.982 M☉
Stellar metallicity: -0.11 dex
Stellar age: 0.008 Gyr
Distance: 113.064 parsecs
Right ascension: 14h08m10.11s
Declination: -41d23m52.95s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,018
Publication date: 2018-09
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Paranal Observatory
Telescope: 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope
Instrument: SPHERE
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from PDS 70 b.

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