THESTIAS  

THESTIAS

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”

― Carl Sagan

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Scientific Data:

Pollux B, formally named Thestias is an extrasolar planet approximately 34 light-years away in the constellation of Gemini. This planet was discovered orbiting the star Pollux in 2006 by astronomer Artie P. Hatzes, confirming his hypothesis originally published in 1993. The planet has at least twice the mass of Jupiter. It moves around Pollux in 1.61 years at a distance of 1.64 AU in a nearly circular orbit.

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