HR 8799b
CategoryExoplanet
SystemHR 8799
Orbital Period452 years
About HR 8799b
One of the first exoplanets ever directly photographed, imaged in 2008. Part of a four-planet system orbiting a young star 133 light-years away. A gas giant several times the mass of Jupiter. Still glowing with heat from its formation 30 million years ago. Orbits at a distance comparable to Pluto from the Sun.
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