Luhman 16A
brown dwarf in the constellation Vela
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Key Facts
- Instance of: double star[1], exoplanet[2], star[3]
- Constellation: Vela[4]
- Spectral class: L7.5[5]
- Parent astronomical body: WISE 1049-5319[6]
- Companion of: Luhman 16B[7]
- Catalog code: Gaia DR2 5353626573555863424[8], Luhman 16A[9], WISE J1049-5319A[10], WDS J10493-5319A[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: 2013[12]
- Discovery method: direct imaging[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.42[14]
- Apparent magnitude: 16.9317[15], 11.53[16], 10.37[17], 9.44[18]
- Orbital inclination: 80.15 degree[19]
- Mass: 34.2 Jupiter mass[20]
- Radius: 1.04 Jupiter radius[21]
- Orbital period: 10,600 day[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.67 astronomical unit[23]
- Argument of periapsis: 140.3 degree[24]
- Distance from Earth: 1.998 parsec[25]
- Right ascension: 162.30843272273833 degree[26]
- Declination: -53.318056988784726 degree[27]
- Epoch: J2000.0[28]