Planet 16 Cyg Bb

Detailed information about planet 16 Cyg Bb and its parameters.

Planet

Name
16 Cyg Bb
Planet Status
Confirmed
Discovered in
1996
Update
2024-07-28
Mass
1.64 ( ± 0.08 ) MJ
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22 Nov. 2000: From astrometry Han et al. (2000) claim a preliminary mass of 14 MJup and inclination of 173.0o
20 Apr. 2003: Planet in wide (a ~850 AU) binary system (Eggenberger et al. 2003)
28 Jul. 2024: See also Planets in Binaries webpage.

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Star

Visual binary. The primary companion 16 Cyg A lies about 700 AUs away and in turn hosts an M dwarf companion star (16 Cyg C) 73 AUs away (Raghavan et al. 2006).

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