Planetary System
| Companion |
Mass | Semimajor axis |
Orbital period |
Eccentricity | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (b) | 0.020 ± 0.002 M⊕ | 0.19 | 25.262 ± 0.003 | 0.0 | — |
| B (c) | 4.3 ± 0.2 M⊕ | 0.36 | 66.5419 ± 0.0001 | 0.0186 ± 0.0002 | — |
| C (d) | 3.9 ± 0.2 M⊕ | 0.46 | 98.2114 ± 0.0002 | 0.0252 ± 0.0002 | — |
| D (e) |
0.0004 M⊕ | 2.6 | 1250 | — | — |
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