Discovery | |
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Discovered by | SPHERE |
Discovery date | 2021 |
Direct imaging | |
Orbital characteristics | |
556±17 | |
Eccentricity | 0.4 |
7170±2650 | |
Inclination | 157±128 |
Star | b Centauri |
Physical characteristics | |
1.11 RJ | |
Mass | 10.9±1.6 MJ |
b Centauri b (sometimes b Centauri (AB) b) is a circumbinary planet orbiting the binary star system b Centauri, located in the southern constellation Centaurus. The planet is a super-Jupiter, with a mass 10.9 times that of Jupiter.[1]