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Proper Name	Draugr
Designations	PSR B1257+12 b, PSR B1257+12 A
Classification	Earth-mass planet
Orbital Period	25 days, 6 hours
Mean Distance from Lich	28.4 million km 0.2 AU
Mass	0.02 x Earth
Diameter	Not known
Temperature	Not known
Parent object	Lich (PSR B1257+12), pulsar in Virgo
Other planets in this system	Poltergeist (Lich c), super Earth Phobetor (Lich d), super Earth
Notes	One of the earliest extrasolar planets to be discovered, Draugr is also one of the least massive. It is the innermost member of a system with three solid planets, the others being Poltergeist and Phobetor, and all three follow close, rapid orbits around the pulsar known as Lich, some 2,300 light years from the Solar System.

The crosshair on this image marks the position of the Lich pulsar and its planets, though they cannot be seen directly. The bright star to the south is third-magnitude Vindemiatrix or Epsilon Virginis. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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