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Kappa Andromedae b

extrasolar planet
Place exoplanet Q606057

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
exoplanet, brown dwarf, star, double star[2][3][4]
Apparent magnitude
14.4 (14.4–15.8, n=3)[12][13][14]
Argument of periapsis
129.5[20]
Catalog code
TIC 176945734b[8]
Constellation
Andromeda[5]
Declination
44.33393772497806
Declination component of proper motion
-20.108
Discovery method
direct imaging[10]
Epoch
J2000.0
Mass
13.0[16]
Orbital eccentricity
0.69[11]
Orbital inclination
121.0[15]
Orbital period
215000.0[18]
Parent astronomical body
Kappa Andromedae[7]
Radius
1.2[17]
Right ascension
355.10211022341207
Right ascension component of proper motion
80.932
Semi-major axis of an orbit
100.0[19]
Spectral class
L1[6]
Time of discovery or invention
February 2013[9]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID
kappa_and_b--1226
Freebase ID
/m/0nfwhys
NASA Exoplanet Archive ID
kap And b
SIMBAD ID
* kap And B
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Exoplanet", "KappaAndromedaeb"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
star, exoplanet, brown dwarf, double star
Constellation 1
Andromeda
Epoch 1
J2000.0
Parent astronomical body 1
Kappa Andromedae
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Lipianki, Masovian Voivodeship
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Summary

Kappa Andromedae b is an exoplanet[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . THE κ ANDROMEDAE SYSTEM: NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE COMPANION MASS, SYSTEM AGE, AND FURTHER MULTIPLICITY. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Direct imaging discovery of a "super-jupiter" around the late B-type star {kappa} And. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Direct imaging discovery of a "super-jupiter" around the late B-type star {kappa} And. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Direct imaging discovery of a "super-jupiter" around the late B-type star {kappa} And. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Characterization of the gaseous companionκAndromedae b. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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