b Cen AB b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

b Cen AB b is a gas giant orbiting b Cen A, completing an orbit every 1790000 days, about 320 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2021 using the direct imaging.

Host star

b Cen A

Spectral type

B2.5 V

Mass

5.5 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Direct Imaging

Discovery year

2021

Discovered at

Very Large Telescope (VLT)

Knowledge connections

Orbitsb Cen A
Discovered by methodDirect Imaging
Discovered atVery Large Telescope (VLT)
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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