Planetary System
In July 2008, the planet 81 Ceti b was announced by Sato, along with 14 Andromedae b and 6 Lyncis b. The planet was found to be a super-Jupiter, with 5.3 times the mass of Jupiter. It takes 953 days for it to complete its orbit around the star.
| Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | ≥5.3 MJ | 2.5 | 952.7 ± 8.8 | 0.206 ± 0.029 | — | — |
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