Planetary System
Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Radius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asteroid belt | 3 AU | ||||
b | 1.55 ± 0.24 MJ | 3.38–3.50 | 2,502–2,630 | 0.25–0.702 | — |
Asteroid belt | 20 AU | ||||
c | 0.1 MJ | 40? | 102,270 | 0.3 | — |
Dust disk | 35–100 AU |
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