Planet beta Pic b

Name beta Pic b
Discovered in 2008
M × sin i 8 +2-5 MJ
Semi-major axis 8.5 ± 0.5 AU
Orbital period 7300 ± 1800 days
Eccentricity > 0.17
ω
Tperi
Radius
Inclination 88.5 ± 1.7°
Update Feb. 14, 2012
Detection method detected by imaging
Molecules detected

Remarks

30 Nov 2011: The orbit derived from images is compatible with the putative 1981 transit event claimed by Lecavelier des Etangs et al. (1995). See Beust et al. 2011.
11 Jun. 2010: The planet image confirmed by Lagrange et al. 2010

Star

Name beta Pic
Distance 19.3 ± 0.2 pc
Spectral type A6V
Apparent magnitude V 3.86
Mass 1.8 MSun
Age 0.012 +0.004-0.004 Gyr
Effective temperature K
Radius RSun
Metallicity [Fe/H]
RA2000 05:47:17.0
Dec2000 -51:03:59
Planetary system 1 planet

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Related publications

On the unusual gas composition in the Beta Pictoris debris disk
Dec. 21, 2012 XIE J.-W., BRANDEKER A. & WU Y.
ApJ., 762, 114
paper   arxiv

Comet-like mineralogy of olivine crystals in an extrasolar proto-Kuiper belt
Oct. 6, 2012 de VRIES B., ACKE B., BLOMMAERT J.,, WAELKENS C., WATERS L. & 18 additional authors
Nature, 490, 74
paper   arxiv  

The Exozodiacal Dust Problem for Direct Observations of ExoEarths
Sept. 18, 2012 ROBERGE A., CHEN Ch., MILLAN-GABET R., WEINBERGER A., HINZ Ph. & 4 additional authors NASA ExoPag SAG#1 Team
PASP, 124, 799
paper   arxiv

Orbital characterization of the β Pictoris b giant planet
June 5, 2012 CHAUVIN G., LAGRANGE A.-M., BEUST H., BONNEFOY M., BOCCALETTI A. &
Astron. & Astrophys., 542, A41
paper   arxiv

Constrains on planets around beta Pic with Harps radial velocity data
June 5, 2012 LAGRANGE A.-M., DE BONDT K., MEUNIER N., STERZIK M., BEUST H. & GALLAND F.
Astron. & Astrophys., 542, A18
paper   arxiv

The position of β Pictoris b relative to the Debris Disk
June 5, 2012 LAGRANGE A.-M., BOCCALETTI A., MILLI J., CHAUVIN G., BONNEFOY M. & 5 additional authors
Astron. & Astrophys., 542, A40
paper   arxiv

Direct Imaging of Extra-solar Planets - Homogeneous Comparison of Detected Planets and Candidates
Jan. 18, 2012 NEUHÄUSER R. & SCHMIDT T.
arxiv

The Exoplanet Handbook
May 22, 2012 Michael Perryman
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Optical characterization of β Pictoris b
Nov. 30, 2011 BEUST H., CHAUVIN G. & LAGRANGE A.-M.
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On the misalignment of the directly imaged planet β Pictoris b with the system's warped inner disk
Nov. 22, 2011 DAWSON R., MURRAY-CLAY R. & FABRYCKY D.
ApJ. Letters, 743, L17
paper   arxiv

Estimation of the XUV radiation onto close planets and their evaporation
Sept. 16, 2011 SANZ-FORCADA J., MICELA G., RIBAS I., POLLOCK A., EIROA C. & 2 additional authors
Astron. & Astrophys., 532, A6
paper   arxiv

Ro-vibrational CO Detected in the β Pictoris Circumstellar Disk
Aug. 10, 2011 TROUTMAN M., HINKLE K., NAJITA J., RETTIG T. & BRITTAIN S.
ApJ., 738, 12
paper

Defining and cataloging exoplanets: The exoplanet.eu database
Aug. 1, 2011 SCHNEIDER J., DEDIEU C., LE SIDANER P., SAVALLE R. & ZOLOTUKHIN I.
Astron. & Astrophys., 532, A79
paper   arxiv

Ro-vibrational CO Detected in the $\beta$~Pictoris Circumstellar Disk
June 14, 2011 TROUTMAN M., HINKLE K., NAJITA J., RETTING T. & BRITTAIN S.
ApJ.
arxiv

A 5 Micron Image of beta Pictoris b at a Sub-Jupiter Projected Separation: Evidence for a Misalignment Between the Planet and the Inner, Warped Disk
May 25, 2011 CURRIE Th., THALMANN Ch., MATSUMURA S., MADHUSUDHAN N., BURROWS A. & KUCHNER M.
ApJ. Letters
arxiv

Estimates of the Planet Yield from Ground-Based High-Contrast Imaging Observations as a Function of Stellar Mass
May 17, 2011 CREPP J. & JOHNSON J.
ApJ., 733, 126
paper   arxiv

High angular resolution detection of Beta Pictoris b at 2.18 microns
March 3, 2011 BONNEFOY M., LAGRANGE A.-M., BOCCALETTI A., CHAUVIN G., APAI D., ALLARD F., EHRENREICH D., GIRARD J., MOUILLET D., ROUAN D., GRADATOUR D. & KASPER M.
Astron. & Astrophys., 528, L15
paper

Exposing the Gas Braking Mechanism of the beta Pictoris Disk
Jan. 24, 2011 BRANDEKER A.
ApJ.
arxiv

Millimeter Imaging of the β Pictoris Debris Disk: Evidence for a Planetesimal Belt
Jan. 13, 2011 WILNER D., ANDREWS S. & HUGHES M.
ApJ. Letters
paper

Coronal properties of planet-bearing stars
Dec. 21, 2010 POPPENHAEGER K., ROBRADE J. & SCHMITT J.
Astron. & Astrophys., 515, A98
paper   preprint

Millimeter Imaging of the beta Pictoris Debris Disk: Evidence for a Planetesimal Belt
Dec. 13, 2010 WILNER D., ANDREWS S. & HUGHES A.
ApJ. Letters
arxiv

First Results From VLT NACO Apodizing Phase Plate: 4-micron Images of the Exoplanet beta Pictoris b
Sept. 21, 2010 QUANZ S., MEYER M., KENWORTHY M., GIRARD J., KASPER M., LAGRANGE A.-N., APAI D., BOCCALETTI A., BONNEFOY M., CHAUVIN G., HINZ Ph. & LENZEN R.
ApJ. Letters, 722, L49
paper

Formation and evolution of planetary systems: the impact of high angular resolution optical techniques
Sept. 15, 2010 ABSIL O. & MAWET D.
Astron. & Astrophys. Rev., 18, 317
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The Hill stability of the possible moons of extrasolar planets
Sept. 11, 2010 DONNISON J.
MNRAS, 406, 1918
paper

A scenario of planet erosion by coronal radiation
Sept. 9, 2010 SANZ-FORCADA J., RIBAS I., MICELA G., POLLOCK A., GARCIA-ALVAREZ D., SOLANO E. & EIROA C.
Astron. & Astrophys., 511, L8
paper

Diagnosing Circumstellar Debris Disks
Aug. 4, 2010 HAHN J.
ApJ., 719, 1699
paper

Gas emission from debris disks around A and F stars
July 21, 2010 ZAGOROVSKY K., BRANDEKER A. & WU A.
ApJ.
preprint

A Giant Planet Imaged in the disk of the Young Star β Pictoris
July 2, 2010 LAGRANGE A.-M., BONNEFOY M., CHAUVIN G., APAI D., EHRENREICH D., BOCCALETTI A., GRADATOUR D., ROUAN D., MOUILLET D., LACOUR S. & KASPER M.
Science, 328, 57

Are debris disks self-stirred?
Feb. 19, 2010 KENNEDY G. & WYATT M.
MNRAS
preprint

Imaging Young Planets From Ground and Space
Feb. 9, 2010 BEICHMAN Ch., KRIST J., TRAUGER J., GREENE T., OPPENHEIMER B., SIVARAMAKRISHNAN A., DOYON R., BOCCALETTI A., BARMAN T. & RIEKE M.
PASP, 122, 162
paper

Homogeneous comparison of planet candidates imaged directly until 2008
Feb. 27, 2011 SCHMIDT T., NEUHÄUSER R. & SEIFAHRT A.
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The LAOG-Planet Imaging Surveys
Dec. 8, 2009 CHAUVIN G., LAGRANGE A.-M., MOUILLET D., BEUZIT J.-L., BEUST H. et al. (15 additional authors)
paper

Constraining the orbit of the possible companion to $\beta$ Pictoris - New deep imaging observations
Oct. 28, 2009 LAGRANGE A.-M., KASPER M., BOCCALETTI A., CHAUVIN G., GRADATOUR D., FUSCO Th., EHRENREICH D., APAI D., MOUILLET D. & ROUAN D.
Astron. & Astrophys., 506, 927
paper

Direct imaging of extrasolar planets: overview of ground and space programs
Oct. 23, 2009 BOCCALETTI A.
paper

Dust distribution in the β Pictoris circumstellar disks
Oct. 15, 2009 AHMIC M., CROLL B. & ARTYMOWICZ P.
ApJ., 705, 529
paper

Direct Imaging of Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs with the VLT: NACO Pupil-stabilised Lyot Coronagraphy at 4 µm
Sept. 8, 2009 KASPER M., AMICO P., POMPEI E., AGEORGES N., APAI D., ARGOMENDO J., KORMWEIBEL N. & LIDAN Ch.
Messenger, 137, 8
paper

Is Beta Pic b the transiting planet of November 1981?
April 10, 2009 LECAVELIER DES ETANGS A. & VIDAL-MADJAR A.
Astron. & Astrophys., 497, 557
paper

VLT/NACO coronagraphic observations of fine structures in the disk of beta Pictoris
Jan. 17, 2009 BOCCALETTI A., AUGEREAU J.-F., BAUDOZ P., PANTIN E. & LAGRANGE A.-M.
Astron. & Astrophys.
paper

Evolution of Debris Disks
Aug. 12, 2009 WYATT M.
Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 46, 339
paper

A probable geant planet imaged in the beta Pictoris disk. VLT/NACO Deep L-band imaging.
Jan. 17, 2009 LAGRANGE A.-M., GRADATOUR D., CHAUVIN G., FUSCO Th., EHRENREICH D., MOUILLET D., ROUSSET G., ROUAN D., ALLARD F., GENDRON E., CHARTON J., MUGNIER L., RABOU P., MONTRI J. & LACOMBE F.
Astron. & Astrophys., 493, L21
paper

A simple determination of some characteristics of the beta Pictoris system
Nov. 22, 2008 CELEBONOVIC V.
paper

Planets of beta Pictoris revisited
Nov. 22, 2008 FREISTETTER F., KRIKOV A. & LÖHNE T.
Astron. & Astrophys., 466, 389
paper

The Dust and Gas Around beta Pictoris
Nov. 22, 2008 CHEN C., LI A., BOHAC C., KIM K., WATSON D., Van CLEVE J., HOUCK J., STAPELFELDT K., WERNER M., RIEKE G., SU K., MARENGO M., BACKMAN D., BEICHMAN C. & FAZIO G.
ApJ.
preprint

A novel L-band imaging search for giant planets in the Tucana and $\beta$ Pictoris moving groups
Nov. 22, 2008 KASPER M., APAID., JANSON M. & BRANDNER W.
Astron. & Astrophys., 472, 321
paper

Stabilization of the disk around beta Pictoris by extremely carbon-rich gas
Nov. 22, 2008 ROBERGE A., FELDMAN P., DELEUIL M. & BOURET J.-C.
Nature, 441, 724
preprint   paper

Mid-infrared images of bold beta Pictoris and the possible role of planetesimal collisions in the central disk.
Nov. 22, 2008 TELESCO C., FISHER R., WYATT M., DERMOTT S., KEHOE T., NOVOTNY S., MARIÑAS N., RADOMSKI J., PACKHAM C., DE BUIZER J.,5 & HAYWARD T.
Nature, 433, 133
paper

Upper limit on the gas density in the Beta-Pictoris system: On the effect of gas drag on the dust dynamics.
Nov. 22, 2008 THEBAULT Ph. & AUGEREAU J.-F.
Astron. & Astrophys., 437, 141
paper

Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around A-F type stars III. Beta-Pictoris : looking for planets, finding pulsations
Nov. 22, 2008 GALLAND F., LAGRANGE A.-M., UDRY S., CHELLI A., PEPE F., BEUZIT J.-L. & MAYOR M.
Astron. & Astrophys., 447, 355
paper

The Spatial Structure of the beta Pictoris Gas Disk.
Nov. 22, 2008 BRANDEKER A., LISEAU R., OLOFSSON G. & FRIDLUND M.
Astron. & Astrophys., 413, 681
paper

On the Stability of a Planetary System Embedded in the Beta Pictoris Debris Disk.
Nov. 22, 2008 CROSSLEY J. & HAGHIGHIPOUR N.
paper

An early extrasolar planetary system revealed by planetesimal belts in bold beta Pictoris.
Nov. 22, 2008 OKAMOTO Y., KATAZA H., HONDA M., YAMASHITA T., ONAKA T., WATANABE J., MIYATA T., SAKO S., FUJIYOSHI T. & SAKON I.
Nature, 431, 660
paper

The 1.2 Millimeter Image of the beta Pictoris Disk.
Nov. 22, 2008 LISEAU R., BRANDEKER A., FRIDLUND M., OLOFSSON G., TAKEUCHI T. & ARTYMOWICZ P.
Astron. & Astrophys., 402, 183
paper

Close stellar encounters with planetesimal discs: The dynamics of asymmetry in the Beta Pictoris system.
Oct. 14, 2011 LARWOOD J. & KALAS P.
MNRAS, 323, 402
paper   preprint