bet Pic

Planetary system · 64.4 light-years away · also HD 39060, HIP 27321

bet Pic is 64.4 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this A6 V star; the first was found in 2008 by imaging (Paranal Observatory).

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Worth knowing

bet Pic b was photographed directly: it is one of the few exoplanets seen as its own point of light rather than inferred from its star.

The star

Spectral typeA6 V
Surface temperature8,039 K
Mass1.789 solar masses
Radius1.54416 solar radii
Luminosity8.971 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude3.85
Ageabout 0.023 billion years
Distance from the Sun64.4 light-years (19.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 86.8212°, Dec -51.0661°
ConstellationPictor

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
bet Pic c3.3 years2.700 AU12.5 R⊕ estimated2765.1 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2019
bet Pic b23.8 years10.070 AU18.495 R⊕2765.1 M⊕Imaging, 2008
bet Pic d90.9 years26.000 AU14.123 R⊕762.79 M⊕Imaging, 2026

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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