Beta Pictoris b
Beta Pictoris b (also abbreviated as ฮฒ Pic b) is an exoplanet orbiting the young debris disk A-type main sequence star Beta Pictoris located approximately 63 light-years (19.4 parsecs, or nearly 5.986214ร1014 km) away from Earth in the constellation of Pictor. It has a mass around 7-9 Jupiter masses and a radius around 65% larger than Jupiter's. It orbits at 9 AU from Beta Pictoris (close to the plane of the debris disk orbiting the star) with a low eccentricity and a period of 20โ21 years, and is the only known planet in the Beta Pictoris system.
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