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Beta Pictoris b

(β Pic b)
(super-Jupiter discovered in 2008)

Beta Pictoris b (β Pic b) is an extra-solar planet discovered through direct imaging using SPHERE, that orbits about 10 AU from well-known A-type star, β Pictoris (Beta Pictoris). At 12 Jupiter masses, β Pic b is near the threshold of the mass range for brown dwarfs, so there is some chance its classification will be revised. As a directly-imaged object, data from observing it is useful in modeling apparently-similar objects orbiting closer to their hosts, both exoplanets and brown dwarfs. Characteristics:


(exoplanet,gas giant,direct imaging)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Pictoris_b
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Pictoris
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009A%26A...493L..21L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AJ....153..182C/abstract
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=beta+pictoris+b
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=beta+pictoris
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~019pc63lyBeta Pictoris b
Coordinates:β Pic b
J054717.1-510359

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