Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: 70 Virginis b is a Jupiter-type extrasolar planet that orbits around 70 Virginis every 116 days .
Simplified: 70 Virginis b is an extrasolar planet approximately 60 light-years away in the constellation of Virgo . Announced in 1996 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler , 70 Virginis was one of the first stars confirmed to have planets orbiting it .