bet Pic b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

bet Pic b is a gas giant orbiting bet Pic, completing an orbit every 8618 days, about 64 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2008 using the direct imaging.

Host star

bet Pic

Spectral type

A5V

Temperature

8,039 K

Mass

1.795 M☉

Planetary system — bet Pic system

View the bet Pic system (2 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
bet Pic cRadial Velocity · 2019	Gas giant	12.5	1193	64
bet Pic bImaging · 2008	Gas giant	18.49	8618	64

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Direct Imaging

Discovery year

2008

Discovered at

Very Large Telescope (VLT)

Knowledge connections

Orbitsbet Pic
Member of systembet Pic system
Discovered by methodDirect Imaging
Discovered atVery Large Telescope (VLT)
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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