b Cen Overview

  • Star: b Cen A
    • Planet: b Cen AB b
      • Disposition Confirmed
  • Star: b Cen B
    • Planet: b Cen AB b
      • Disposition Confirmed

b Cen Architecture & Discovery Information

Name Orbital Separation Planet Size Method Year Reference Disposition
b Cen A
b Cen AB b 1790000 d 3464.33 M⨁ Imaging 2021 Janson et al. 2021 Confirmed Planet
b Cen B
b Cen AB b 1790000 d 3464.33 M⨁ Imaging 2021 Janson et al. 2021 Confirmed Planet
b Cen A b Cen AB b
  • Planet inclination and orbital period value/uncertainties estimated from range given in ref. (Janson et al. 2021)
RA
14h41m57.55s
Dec
-37d47m37.08s
Distance
98.09350+6.78750-5.97340
pc
Parallax
10.243500±0.642649 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-20.98666 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
229.92927 deg
Galactic Latitude
20.09936 deg
Galactic Longitude
325.90163 deg
Total Proper Motion
44.561658±0.947767 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
-31.51690±1.02778 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-31.502800±0.860262 mas/yr
Photometry
mV 4.01±0.03
mTESS 4.2009±2.6312
mJ 4.637±0.244
mH 4.628±0.076
mKs 4.487±0.026
mW1 4.550±0.199
mW2 4.333±0.090
mW3 4.669±0.015
mW4 4.596±0.031
mGaia 4.0109300±0.0089181
mB 3.819±0.021
Source Janson et al. 2021
Age
(Gyr)
0.015±0.002
M✶
(M⦿)
5.5±0.5
Sp. T
B2.5 V
Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Imaging
Source Janson et al. 2021
Mp
(M⨁)
3464±509
Mp
(MJup)
10.9±1.6
e
<0.40
i
(deg)
143+14-15
P
(days)
1790000±830000
a
(au)
556±17
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