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Planets/Exoplanets/AB Aur b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

AB Aur b

Orbiting AB Aur

Discovered in 2022 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,022
Method: Imaging
Radius: 12.5 R⊕
Mass: 2,860.455663 M⊕
Orbit: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Distance: 162.127 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Semi-major axis: 93.9 AU
Eccentricity: 0.4
Radius: 12.5 Earth radii
Mass: 2,860.455663 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 8.05 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 83.63 K
Insolation: 0.0067 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: AB Aur
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar temperature: 9,770 K
Stellar radius: 2.95887 R☉
Stellar mass: 2.4 M☉
Stellar metallicity: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar age: 0.003 Gyr
Distance: 162.127 parsecs
Right ascension: 04h55m45.85s
Declination: +30d33m03.92s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,022
Publication date: 2022-04
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Subaru Telescope
Telescope: 8.2 m Subaru Telescope
Instrument: Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO)
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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