By analyzing images taken years ago astronomers successfully revealed the presence of a giant exoplanet AF Leporis b

5. 6. 2024

By analyzing images taken years ago astronomers successfully revealed the presence of a giant exoplanet AF Leporis b

Star system: AF Leporis | Distance from the Sun: 87.5 light years

A new machine learning method used to better separate the faint planet signal from the noisy starlight in images.

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Use the 4S (Signal-Safe Speckle Subtraction): Explainable Machine Learning reveals the Giant Exoplanet AF Lep b in High-Contrast Imaging Data from 2011 external link

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AF Leporis

F8V(n)k:, Yellow-White star

mass: 1.2 M☉

radius: 1.5 R☉

distance: 87.5 ly

stars in the system: 1

exoplanets: 1

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