GU Piscium b

GU Piscium b
The planet GU Piscium b and its star GU Piscium composed of visible and infrared images from the Gemini South telescope and an infrared image from the CFHT. Because infrared light is invisible to the naked eye, astronomers use a colour code in which infrared light is represented by the colour red. GU Piscium b is brighter in infrared than in other filters, which is why it appears red in this image.
Discovery[1]
Discovered byMarie-Eve Naud, Étienne Artigau, Lison Malo, Loïc Albert, René Doyon, David Lafrenière, Jonathan Gagné, Didier Saumon, Caroline V. Morley, France Allard, Derek Homeier, Charles A. Beichman, Christopher R. Gelino, Anne Boucher
Orbital characteristics
2000 AU[2]
163,000 years[NB 1]
Physical characteristics
1.24±0.04 RJ[3]
Mass9–13 MJ[2]
Temperature981±57 K[3]

GU Piscium b (GU Psc b)[2] is a directly imaged planetary-mass companion orbiting the star GU Piscium, with an extremely large orbit of 2,000 AU (3.0×1011 km), and an apparent angular separation of 42 arc seconds.[4][5] The planet is located at right ascension 01h 12m 36.48s declination +17° 04′ 31.8″ at a distance of 48 pc (160 ly).[1]

  1. ^ a b Marie-Eve Naud; Étienne Artigau; Lison Malo; Loïc Albert; René Doyon; David Lafrenière; Jonathan Gagné; Didier Saumon; Caroline V. Morley; France Allard; Derek Homeier; Charles A. Beichman; Christopher R. Gelino; Anne Boucher (12 May 2014). "Discovery of a Wide Planetary-mass Companion to the Young M3 Star GU Psc". The Astrophysical Journal. 787 (1) (published May 2014): 16. arXiv:1405.2932. Bibcode:2014ApJ...787....5N. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/5. S2CID 35264096. 5.
  2. ^ a b c Universite de Montreal (13 May 2014). "Odd planet, so far from its star: Gas giant 155 light years from our solar system". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ^ a b Filippazzo, Joseph C.; Rice, Emily L.; Faherty, Jacqueline; Cruz, Kelle L.; Van Gordon, Mollie M.; Looper, Dagny L. (2015-09-10). "Fundamental Parameters and Spectral Energy Distributions of Young and Field Age Objects with Masses Spanning the Stellar to Planetary Regime". The Astrophysical Journal. 810 (2): 158. arXiv:1508.01767. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/810/2/158. ISSN 1538-4357.
  4. ^ Ivan Zolotukhin. "Planet GU Psc b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.
  5. ^ Université de Montréal (13 May 2014). "Odd planet, so far from its star..." UdeMNouvelles. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21.


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