Proper Name Saffar Designations Titawin b, Upsilon Andromedae A b, Upsilon Andromedae bClassification Gas giant Orbital Period 4 days, 15 hours Mean Distance from Titawin 8.9 million kmAU Mass 1.8 x Jupiter Diameter Not known Mean Surface Temperature 1,440 K (1,167°C) Parent star Titawin (Upsilon Andromedae ), bright yellow dwarf in Andromeda Other planets in this system Samh (Titawin c ), gas giant Majriti (Titawin d ), gas giant Titawin e, hypothetical exoplanet Notes The innermost and least massive of three gas giant planets orbiting the star Titawin or Upsilon Andromedae . Titawin is in fact a binary star , with Saffar and its fellow planets orbiting the primary bright yellow dwarf (Upsilon Andromedae A) while its red dwarf companion follows a much more distant orbit of its own.
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The innermost of the three planetary companions of Titawin or Upsilon Andromedae . Its orbit
is astonishingly close to its parent star at just under 9 million kilometres, and it
completes this orbit so rapidly that its 'year' lasts less than five days.
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