Exoplanet · gas giant
AB Pic b
AB Pic b is a gas giant orbiting the star AB Pic. It was discovered in 2005 by the Imaging method.
| Host star | AB Pic |
|---|---|
| Distance | 163.2 light-years (50.0 pc) |
| Orbital radius | 260 AU |
| Radius | 12.3 R⊕ · 1.1 R♃ |
| Mass | 4,290 M⊕ · 13.5 M♃ |
| Density | 12.7 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 28.4 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 16 K (-257 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 0 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Imaging |
| Discovery year | 2005 |
| Discovered by | Paranal Observatory |
Habitable zone
Beyond the habitable zone: it receives only %0 of the light the Earth does, a frozen world.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.002° across: 0.0038 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.13. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 32° N. South of latitude 32° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1863. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.9 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.