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PLANET TYPE – Neptune-like
DISCOVERY DATE – 2021
MASS – 15.4 Earths
PLANET RADIUS – 0.326 x Jupiter
ORBITAL RADIUS – 0.1288 AU
ORBITAL PERIOD – 24.2 days
ECCENTRICITY – 0.09
DETECTION METHOD – Transit*
*When a planet passes directly between an observer and the star it orbits, it blocks some of that star’s light. For a brief period of time, that star actually gets dimmer. It’s a tiny change, but it’s enough to clue astronomers into the presence of an exoplanet around a distant star.
2021. Discovery.
