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Luhman 16 Overview

Luhman 16 A
Luhman 16 b
Architecture
Luhman 16
Luhman 16 A
Luhman 16 b
Other Data
Bibliography 3
Nearby Data 3
Discovery Data
Host Planet Method Year Reference Disposition
Luhman 16 A Luhman 16 b Imaging 2017 Garcia et al. 2017 Confirmed Planet
RA
10h49m18.78s
Dec
-53d19m09.74s
Distance
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Parallax
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Ecliptic Latitude
-53.89426 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
195.00829 deg
Galactic Latitude
5.29242 deg
Galactic Longitude
285.18822 deg
Total Proper Motion
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Proper Motion (RA)
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Proper Motion (Dec)
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Photometry
mTESS
19.506±0.657
mJ
10.733±0.026
mH
9.563±0.029
mKs
8.841±0.021
mB
16.436±0.162
Tools
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Stellar Hosts
Source Bedin et al. 2024 Garcia et al. 2017
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
--- -4.66±0.08
M✶
(M⦿)
0.0338±0.0002 0.0326±0.0011
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Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Astrometry, Imaging, Radial Velocity
Tools
Source Bedin et al. 2024 Garcia et al. 2017
ω
(deg)
136.67+1.90-4.30
 130.4±3.5
Mp
(M⨁)
9344±64 8867±318
Mp
(MJup)
29.4±0.2 27.9±1.0
e
0.344+0.050-0.090
 0.35±0.02
i
(deg)
79.92+0.22-0.36
79.5+0.3-0.2
P
(days)
9697.0+1790.0-1534.0
10001+73-110
a
(au)
3.52+0.43-0.40
 3.54±0.05
TC
(days)
2458141+33-40
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Tp
(days)
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2448030.5+310.0-250.0
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Known Objects
1 Confirmed Planets
5 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Data Files
1 Associated Literature Data
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