| 61 Virginis c | |
| Discoverer: | Vogt et al. |
| Discovery Site: | Keck Observatory Anglo-Australian Observatory |
| Discovered: | 2009-12-14 |
| Apsis: | astron |
| Aphelion: | 0.2487AU |
| Perihelion: | 0.1863AU |
| Semimajor: | AU |
| Period: | d y |
| Avg Speed: | 62.45 |
61 Virginis c (abbreviated 61 Vir c) is an exoplanet orbiting the 5th apparent-magnitude G-type main-sequence star 61 Virginis in the constellation Virgo. 61 Virginis c has a minimum mass of 18.2 times that of Earth and orbits one-fifth the distance to the star as Earth orbits the Sun, at a precise distance of 0.2175 AU with an eccentricity of 0.14. This planet would most likely be a gas giant like Uranus and Neptune. This planet was discovered on 14 December 2009 from using a precise radial velocity method taken at Keck and Anglo-Australian Observatories.[1] [2]