Planetary System
As of 2000, an extrasolar planet, designated 79 Ceti b, is known to orbit 79 Ceti.
| Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | ≥0.260 ± 0.028 MJ | 0.363 ± 0.021 | 75.523 ± 0.055 | 0.252 ± 0.052 | — |
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