PDS 70b: The Lightest Directly Imaged Exoplanet

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PDS 70b: The Lightest Directly Imaged Exoplanet - Discovery Details

As of December 2022, the lightest directly-imaged exoplanet known is PDS 70b. It has a mass of about one to ten Jupiter masses and orbits the young, nearby star PDS 70.

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