Imaginary Picture of beta Pic b

Display orbital revolution of beta Pic b around the hoststar beta Pic
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Exoplanet Name : beta Pic b
Alternate Name : bet Pic b
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 1.6500 (Rjup) 18.4948 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 11.9000 (Mjup) 3783.4622 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 9.9300 (AU) 9.9300 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.1030
Orbital Period(Yrs) 21.1000
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 7707.00 (Days Obs.) 8689.43 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 11.0608
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 107.9 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 143.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 135.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 109.3 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 171.1 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 160.6 (K)
Size Class: Super-Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Imaging
Mass Detection : Radial Velocity
Radius Detection : Flux
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : beta Pic
Alternate Name : bet Pic
Star Distance(LY) : 63.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.4 (Rsun Estimated)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.7 (Msun Measured) 2.2 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.0 (GY)
Temperature : 8100 (K)
Spectral type : A6V
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 2.4
Apparent Magnitude: 3.9
Right Ascension(RA) 86.8212
Declination (DEC) -51.0664
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID 08099-01392
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors "Currie,hayne; Burrows,dam; Madhusudhan,ikku; Fukagawa,isato; Girard,ulien.; Dawson,ebekah; Murray-Clay,uth; Kenyon,cott; Kuchner,arc; Matsumura,oko; Jayawardhana,ay; Chambers,ohn; Bromley,en"
Discovery Paper - Title "A Combined Very Large Telescope and Gemini Study of the Atmosphere of the Directly Imaged Planet, ¥¹¥ò¥» Pictoris b"
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=beta+Pic&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/beta%20Pic%20b/
beta Pic b
beta Pic b

  • beta Pic b is an exoplanet orbiting the star beta Pic, located about 63.4 light-years (19.4 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2008.
  • The host star beta Pic has apparent magnitude of 3.9, with absolute magnitude of 2.4.
  • It is 1.7 times more massive and 1.4 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 8100 with its spectral types of A6V
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet beta Pic b orbits around the star beta Pic every 7707.0 days with its orbital distance of 9.93 AU ( 1485506856.1 km)
  • (Projected orbit of beta Pic b around its host star beta Pic)


  • The Star beta Pic 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 2.018 AU ( 301857778.9 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.789 AU ( 417246335.2 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 4.250 AU ( 635791078.5 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 6.254 AU ( 935594424.2 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of beta Pic b : 107.89 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star beta Pic)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star beta Pic distance : 1.900 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star beta Pic distance : 2.407 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star beta Pic distance : 2.324 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star beta Pic distance : 2.543 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 4.149 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star beta Pic distance : 4.375 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star beta Pic)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star beta Pic distance : 1.975 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 2.456 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 2.613 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 4.222 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star beta Pic distance : 4.391 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star beta Pic)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star beta Pic and its Exoplanet beta Pic b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star beta Pic and its Exoplanet beta Pic b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star beta Pic*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102