51 Eridani b
(51 Eri b)
(Jupiter-like planet discovered in 2014)
51 Eridani b (aka 51 Eri b) is an extra-solar planet discovered
through direct imaging in 2014 with the Gemini Planet Imager.
It orbits about 11 AU from F-type star, 51 Eridani.
As a directly-imaged object,
data from observing it is useful in
modeling apparently-similar objects orbiting closer to their hosts.
Its effective temperature derived through spectroscopy is 700 K.
The star's age is estimated as around 20 million years,
suggesting a similar age for the planet, constraining it to be no
more than that.
Models of such a planet that include clouds in its
atmosphere suggest a mass of on the order of 2
Jupiter masses is plausible.
(exoplanet,gas giant,direct imaging)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51_Eridani_b
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51_Eridani
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015Sci...350...64M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019A%26A...624A.118M/abstract
http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=51+eri+b
http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=51+Eri
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
~0 | 29pc | 96ly | | 51 Eridani b |
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Coordinates: | 51 Eridani b J043736.13234-022824.7749 |
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Referenced by page:
Flamsteed designation
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