Beta Pictoris b

Summary

Beta Pictoris b is an exoplanet^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Beta Pictoris b is credited with the discovery of Anne-Marie Lagrange^[3].
• Beta Pictoris b's video is recorded as Beta Pictoris b in Motion.webm^[4].
• Beta Pictoris b's image is recorded as Beta Pictoris b (artist’s impression).jpg^[5].
• Beta Pictoris b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[6].
• Beta Pictoris b's constellation is recorded as Pictor^[7].
• Beta Pictoris b's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Very Large Telescope^[8].
• Beta Pictoris b's Commons category is recorded as Beta Pictoris b^[9].
• Beta Pictoris b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Beta Pictoris^[10].
• Beta Pictoris b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 270577175b^[11].
• Beta Pictoris b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-11-18T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Beta Pictoris b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2009-01-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Beta Pictoris b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05gr498^[14].
• Beta Pictoris b's discovery method is recorded as direct imaging^[15].
• Beta Pictoris b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.106'}^[16].
• Beta Pictoris b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.009'}^[17].
• Beta Pictoris b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+11.729'}^[18].
• Beta Pictoris b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.5'}^[19].
• Beta Pictoris b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+8617.50952'}^[20].
• Beta Pictoris b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+51.44'}^[21].
• Beta Pictoris b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+10.018'}^[22].
• Beta Pictoris b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.835'}^[23].
• Beta Pictoris b's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+19.44'}^[24].
• Beta Pictoris b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as * bet Pic b^[25].
• Beta Pictoris b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "BetaPictorisb"]^[26].
• Beta Pictoris b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as beta_pic_b--521^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Beta Pictoris b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[6].

History and Context

Beta Pictoris b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 270577175b^[11].

Why It Matters

Beta Pictoris b ranks in the top 9% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]