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Animation of Gaia-4b
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- Title Animation of Gaia-4b
- Released: 04/02/2025
- Length 00:00:35
- Language English
- Footage Type Animation
- Copyright ESA/Gaia/DPAC/M . Marcussen, CC BY - SA 3.0 IGO, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
- Description
Gaia-4b is a planet orbiting the star called Gaia-4, around 244 light-years away. Gaia-4b is about twelve times more massive than Jupiter. With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet. This animation visualises a portion of the orbital motion as determined by Gaia’s astrometric data. The star and planet are not to scale.