CFBDSIR J145829+101343

Planetary system · 75.3 light-years away

CFBDSIR J145829+101343 is 75.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 581 K star; the first was found in 2011 by imaging (W. M. Keck Observatory).

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Worth knowing

CFBDSIR J145829+101343 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

Surface temperature581 K
Mass0.021 solar masses
Distance from the Sun75.3 light-years (23.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 224.6208°, Dec 10.2286°
ConstellationBoötes

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CFBDSIR J145829+101343 b27.5 years2.600 AU12.4 R⊕ estimated3337.1 M⊕Imaging, 2011

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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