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Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

bet Pic b

Orbiting bet Pic

Discovered in 2008 using Imaging. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,008
Method: Imaging
Radius: 18.49485 R⊕
Mass: 2,765.107141 M⊕
Orbit: 8,682 days
Distance: 19.7442 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 8,682 days
Semi-major axis: 10.07 AU
Eccentricity: 0.105
Radius: 18.49485 Earth radii
Mass: 2,765.107141 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 2.4 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 1,612 K
Insolation: 0.0885 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: bet Pic
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 3
Spectral type: A6 V
Stellar temperature: 8,038.68 K
Stellar radius: 1.54416 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.789 M☉
Stellar metallicity: -0.21 dex
Stellar age: 0.023 Gyr
Distance: 19.7442 parsecs
Right ascension: 05h47m17.10s
Declination: -51d03m58.13s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Imaging
Discovery year: 2,008
Publication date: 2009-01
Discovery locale: Ground
Facility: Paranal Observatory
Telescope: 8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope
Instrument: NACO Camera
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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