NY Vir b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

NY Vir b is a gas giant orbiting NY Vir, completing an orbit every 3160 days, about 1775 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2011 using the eclipse timing variations.

Host star

NY Vir

Temperature

32,780 K

Mass

0.459 M☉

Planetary system — NY Vir system

View the NY Vir system (2 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
NY Vir bEclipse Timing Variations · 2011	Gas giant	13.3	3160	1775
NY Vir cEclipse Timing Variations · 2019	Gas giant	12.8	8799	1775

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Eclipse Timing Variations

Discovery year

2011

Knowledge connections

OrbitsNY Vir
Member of systemNY Vir system
Discovered by methodEclipse Timing Variations
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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