Exoplanet Beta Pictoris Secondary disk

Exoplanet Beta Pictoris Secondary disk orbits star Beta Pictoris that lies 64 light years away from the Sun. It has about 250px of Earth radius and orbits its star further than Earth orbits Sun.

Sun distance
64 light years

Loading may take a moment.

Beta Pictoris Secondary disk

Exoplanet

Star: Beta Pictoris

Distance from the star: 140 AU

Basic characteristic

Size: 20 R Earth | 1.8 R Jupiter

Other designations of this exoplanet
GJ 219 Secondary disk, Gliese 219 Secondary disk, HR 2020 Secondary disk, CD −51°1620 Secondary disk, HD 39060 Secondary disk, GCTP 1339.00 Secondary disk, SAO 234134 Secondary disk, HIP 27321 Secondary disk, β Pictoris Secondary disk, bet Pic Secondary disk, β Pictoris Secondary disk

Beta Pictoris system structure

Exoplanet Beta Pictoris Secondary disk orbits star Beta Pictoris, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is one of 3 known exoplanets orbiting this star.


Beta Pictoris
	Beta Pictoris c	2.7 AU	2765.8 M⊕		1200 days
	Beta Pictoris Inner disc	6.4 AU			-
	Beta Pictoris b	10.07 AU	2765.8 M⊕	16.4 R⊕	8617 days
	Beta Pictoris d	26 AU	763 M⊕	14.1 R⊕	33215 days
	Beta Pictoris Secondary disk	140 AU		20 R⊕	-

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, Beta Pictoris Secondary disk orbits its star between distances of Neptune and from the Sun.

		Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
	Size	52.23	21.05	20	37.74	1.78	2.2	5	5.26
	Distance	358.97	193.64	140	91.86	26.91	14.68	7.3	4.66

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 3.2 - 4.6 AU

The planet is too cold to sustain liquid water on its surface. It is however possible that there is environment with higher temperatures on some of its potential moons.

News from this star system

29. 04 2022

Comets