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.
| 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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