PDS 70 b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

PDS 70 b is a gas giant orbiting PDS 70, completing an orbit every 43500 days, about 369 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2018 using the direct imaging.

Host star

PDS 70

Spectral type

K7

Temperature

4,109 K

Mass

0.982 M☉

Planetary system — PDS 70 system

View the PDS 70 system (2 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
PDS 70 bImaging · 2018	Gas giant	21.97	43500	369
PDS 70 cImaging · 2019	Gas giant	22.19	—	369

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Direct Imaging

Discovery year

2018

Discovered at

Very Large Telescope (VLT)

Knowledge connections

OrbitsPDS 70
Member of systemPDS 70 system
Discovered by methodDirect Imaging
Discovered atVery Large Telescope (VLT)
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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