Discovery Method
Imaging
Consistent across records
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PDS 70 b
Host star PDS 70 • 21.97 R⊕
Records
5
archive rows
Discovery
2018
Imaging
Radius
21.97 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
1017.1 M⊕
default parameter set
PDS 70
1392 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Wang et al. 2021
Host Star
PDS 70
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2018
Stable across source rows
Semi-Major Axis
20.80 au
20 to 22.20
Radius
21.97 Rearth
14.57 to 30.49
Mass
1017.1 Mearth
953.5 to 2542.6
Equilibrium Temperature
1392 K
1200 to 1392
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 21.97 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
PDS 70 b
21.97 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Refs
5
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope | 43500 day | 14.57 Rearth | 2542.6 Mearth | 1200 K | Keppler et al. 2018 |
| 2018 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope | — | — | — | — | Müller et al. 2018 |
| 2018 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope | — | — | — | — | Haffert et al. 2019 |
| 2018 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope | — | 30.49 Rearth | 953.5 Mearth | 1204 K | Wang et al. 2020 |
| 2018 | Imaging | Paranal Observatory | 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope | — | 21.97 Rearth | 1017.1 Mearth | 1392 K | Wang et al. 2021 |