Gas giant · 70 Vir
70 Vir b
ExoplanetsDiscovered 1996
Scientific overview
70 Vir b is a gas giant orbiting 70 Vir, completing an orbit every 117 days, about 58 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 1996 using the radial velocity method.
Host star
Discovery and detection
Detection method
Radial Velocity Method
Discovery year
1996
Knowledge connections
- Orbits70 Virginis
- Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
- Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive