V391 Pegasi - Planetary System

Planetary System

In 2007, a gas giant planet designated V391 Pegasi b was found in orbit by variable star timing method. This planet around an "extreme horizontal branch" star provided clues about what could happen to the planets in our solar system when our Sun turns into a red giant within the next five billion years.

The V391 Pegasi system
Companion
Mass Semimajor axis
Orbital period
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b >3.2±0.7 MJ 1.7±0.1 1170±44 0.00

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