Name | Fomalhaut b | ||
Planet Status | Confirmed | ||
Discovered in | 2008 | ||
Mass | 0.208 MJ | ![]() |
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Mass*sin(i) | — | ||
Semi-Major Axis | 117.0 AU | ![]() |
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Orbital Period | 320000.0 day | ![]() |
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Eccentricity | 0.11 ( -0.0 +0.0 ) | ![]() |
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ω | — | ||
Tperi | — | ||
Radius | — | ||
Inclination | — | ||
Update | 2020-07-15 | ||
Detection Method | Imaging | ||
Mass Detection Method | Spectrum | ||
Radius Detection Method | — | ||
Primary transit | — | ||
Secondary transit | — | ||
λ | — | ||
Impact Parameter b | — | ||
Time Vr=0 | — | ||
Velocity Semiamplitude K | — | ||
Calculated temperature | — | ||
Measured temperature | — | ||
Hottest point longitude | — | ||
Geometric albedo | — | ||
Surface gravity log(g/gH) | — | ||
Alternate Names | — |
The Detectability of Nightside City Lights on Exoplanets
2022
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2021
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Fomalhaut b could be massive and sculpting the narrow, eccentric debris disc, if in mean-motion resonance with it
2021
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Tidal disruption versus planetesimal collisions as possible origins for the dispersing dust cloud around Fomalhaut
2020
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Search for continuous gravitational waves from Fomalhaut b in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model
2020
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New HST data and modeling reveal a massive planetesimal collision around Fomalhaut
2020
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PNAS, accepted
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Extrasolar Kuiper Belts
2019
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2018
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Possible detection of gamma rays from Epsilon Eridani
2018
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2017
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Clearing residual planetesimals by sweeping secular resonances in transitional disks: a lone-planet scenario for the wide gaps in debris disks around Vega and Fomalhaut
2017
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ApJ, accepted
arxiv
A Complete ALMA Map of the Fomalhaut Debris Disk
2017
MACGREGOR M., MATRA L., KALAS P., WILNER D., PAN M. et al.
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arxiv
Detection of exocometary CO within the 440 Myr-old Fomalhaut belt: a similar CO+CO2 ice abundance in exocomets and Solar System comets
2017
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arxiv
A Test of the Neutron Star Hypothesis for Fomalhaut b
2017
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Constraints on the structure of hot exozodiacal dust belts
2017
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1.3 mm ALMA Observations of the Fomalhaut Debris System
2016
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The Inner Debris Structure in the Fomalhaut Planetary System
2016
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A Primer on Unifying Debris Disk Morphologies
2016
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Constraints on the gas content of the Fomalhaut debris belt; Can gas-dust interactions explain the belt's morphology?
2015
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Fomalhaut b as a Dust Cloud: Frequent Collisions within the Fomalhaut Disk
2015
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High-contrast Imaging with Spitzer: Deep Observations of Vega, Fomalhaut, and epsilon Eridani
2015
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A Possible Dynamical History for the Fomalhaut System
2015
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Collisional Cascade Calculations for Irregular Satellite Swarms in Fomalhaut b
2015
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2015
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The companion candidate near Fomalhaut - a background neutron star?
2015
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An independent determination of Fomalhaut b's orbit and the dynamical effects on the outer dust belt
2014
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Imaged sub-stellar companions: not as eccentric as they appear? The effect of an unseen inner mass on derived orbits
2014
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Fomalhaut b as a Cloud of Dust: Testing Aspects of Planet Formation Theory
2014
KENYON S., CURRIE Th. & BROMLEY B.
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Insights on the dynamical history of the Fomalhaut system - Investigating the Fom c hypothesis
2014
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Feasibility of transit photometry of nearby debris discs
2014
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Discovery of the Fomalhaut C debris disc
2014
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A Deep Keck/NIRC2 Search for Thermal Emission from Planetary Companions Orbiting Fomalhaut
2013
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Consequences of an Eccentric Orbit for Fomalhaut b
2013
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arxiv
Optimized Principal Component Analysis on Coronagraphic Images of the Fomalhaut System
2013
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STIS Coronagraphic Imaging of Fomalhaut: Main Belt Structure and the Orbit of Fomalhaut b
2013
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An interferometric study of the Fomalhaut inner debris disk. III. Detailed models of the exozodiacal disk and its origin
2013
LEBRETON J., van LIESHOUT R., AUGEREAU J.-Ch., ABSIL O., MENNESSON B. & 13 additional authors
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Signpost of Multiple Planets in Debris Disks
2013
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Herschel images of Fomalhaut - An extrasolar Kuiper belt at the height of its dynamical activity
2012
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On the Age and Binarity of Fomalhaut
2012
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Coronagraphic observations of Fomalhaut at solar system scales
2012
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Taxonomy of the extrasolar planet
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Infrared Non-detection of Fomalhaut b -- Implications for the Planet Interpretation
2012
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Fomalhaut debris disk emission at 7 millimeters: constraints on the collisional models of planetesimals
2012
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Direct Imaging Confirmation and Characterization of a Dust-Enshrouded Candidate Exoplanet Orbiting Fomalhaut
2012
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An interferometric study of the Fomalhaut inner debris disk II. Keck Nuller mid-infrared observations
2012
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Collisional Evolution of Irregular Satellite Swarms: Detectable Dust around Solar System and Extrasolar Planets
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Capture of Irregular Satellites via Binary Planetesimal Exchange Reactions in Migrating Planetary Systems
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Searching for faint companions with VLTI/PIONIER. I. Method and first results
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The Ages of Stars Hosting Substellar Companions
2010
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2010
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2009
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The spin-orbit alignment of the Fomalhaut planetary system probed by optical long baseline interferometry
2009
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2009
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Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera Limits to Planetary Companions of Fomalhaut and epsilon Eridani
2009
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Optical to Submillimeter Imaging of the Fomalhaut and HR 8799 Planetary Systems.
2009
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2009
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Fomalhaut's Debris Disk and Planet: Constraining the Mass of Fomalhaut b From Disk Morphology
2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2008
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Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth
2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2007
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2007
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2007
MARCHI S.
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2006
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2006
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2006
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2005
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A planetary system as the origin of structure in Fomalhaut's dust belt.
2005
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2004
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2004
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Submillimeter Observations of an Asymmetric Dust Disk
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2003
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