Exoplanet · gas giant
bet Pic c
bet Pic c is a gas giant orbiting the star β Pic. Its year lasts 1,200 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | β Pic |
|---|---|
| Distance | 64.4 light-years (19.7 pc) |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Orbital radius | 2.7 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.307 |
| Radius | 12.5 R⊕ · 1.12 R♃ |
| Mass | 2,770 M⊕ · 8.7 M♃ |
| Density | 7.78 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 17.7 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,250 K (977 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 1.23 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2019 |
| Discovered by | La Silla Observatory |
Habitable zone
At the edge of the habitable zone (within the optimistic limits): liquid water would be possible only with a favourable atmosphere.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.3° across: 0.57 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 3.85). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 39° N. South of latitude 39° 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 1962. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.
Planets in the same system
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.