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Proper Name	Vytis
Designations	Taika b, HAT-P-40 b
Classification	Gas Giant (Hot Jupiter)
Orbital Period	4 days, 11 hours
Mean Distance from Taika	9.1 million km 0.061 AU
Mass	0.62 x Jupiter
Diameter	1.73 x Jupiter
Temperature	1,615 K (1,342°C)
Parent star	Taika (HAT-P-40), probable bright yellow subgiant in Lacerta
Other planets in this system	None
Notes	A hot gas giant that follows a close orbit around its parent star, the F-type subgiant Taika or HAT-P-40. Vytis has an extremely low density, and although it is nearly twice the diameter of Jupiter, it has significantly lower mass than that giant planet.

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