Planetary System
In 2003, the discovery of an extrasolar planet orbiting 91 Aquarii was announced. Despite controversy, the exoplanet was confirmed again on Jan 03, 2011 by the Conference " Planetary Systems Beyond the Main Sequence", Bamberg 2010 (Quirrenbach et al.).
| Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | ≥ 2.9 MJ | ≥ 0.3 | 182 | 0 | — |
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