AB Pictoris
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AB Pictoris is an orange dwarf star about 149 light-years away in the constellation Pictor.
As of 2005 an extrasolar planet or brown dwarf is known to orbit the star.
AB Pictoris b
AU|- ! style="background-color: #A0B0FF;" colspan="3" | Discovery information |- | colspan="2" | Discovery date | |- | colspan="2" | Discoverer(s) | |- | colspan="2" | Detection method | |- | colspan="2" | Discovery status | |} AB Pictoris b is an extrasolar planet that was imaged by an ESO team in 2005. Very little is known about this object. Its most likely mass exceeds 13 Jupiter masses, so the object may be a low-mass brown dwarf. Its stellar classification is between L0 and L4.
See also
References
- R. Neuhäuser (2005) ["Homogeneous comparison of directly detected planet candidates: GQ Lup, 2M1207, AB Pic"]. (Preprint)
External links
- [SIMBAD: HD 44627]
- [Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: AB Pic]
- [ESO: Yes, it is the Image of an Exoplanet]
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