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Luhman 16 b

Gas giant · Luhman 16 A

Luhman 16 b

ExoplanetsDiscovered 2017

Scientific overview

Luhman 16 b is a gas giant orbiting Luhman 16 A, completing an orbit every 9697 days. It was discovered in 2017 using the direct imaging.

Host star

Mass

0.034 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Discovery year

2017

Knowledge connections

OrbitsLuhman 16 A
Discovered by methodDirect Imaging
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

Quick facts

Class: Gas giant
Host star: Luhman 16 A
Discovery method: Direct Imaging
Discovery year: 2017
Orbital period: 9697 d
Semi-major axis: 3.52 AU
Eccentricity: 0.344
Radius: 11.9 R⊕
Mass: 9344.16 M⊕
Insolation: 0 S⊕

Quality & authority

31%

Unreviewed

Completeness: Complete
Source coverage: Partial
Citation coverage: None
Relationship coverage: Complete
Review coverage: None
Image coverage: None

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive. See source quality.