70 Vir b. Oil painting on canvas 70x80 cm. Painted by Radim Kacer (Jun 2015).

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70 Vir b. Oil painting on canvas 70x80 cm. Painted by Radim Kacer (Jun 2015).

70 Virginis b is an extrasolar planet approximately 60 light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Announced in 1996 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler, 70 Virginis was one of the first stars confirmed to have planets orbiting it. When first announced, 70 Virginis b was considered to be within its star's habitable zone (preferably in the "Goldilocks zone"), but it was later confirmed that the planet has an eccentric orbit, closer to its parent.

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