30 Arietis - Planetary System

Planetary System

On November 27, 2009, the discovery of a very massive planet was announced to be orbiting 30 Arietis B at a distance of about 1 AU.

The 30 Arietis B system
Companion
Mass Semimajor axis
Orbital period
Eccentricity Radius
b ≥9.88 ± 0.94 MJ 0.995 ± 0.012 335.1 ± 2.5 0.289 ± 0.092

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