TW Hydrae b

TW Hydrae b
Discovery
Discovered byFirst: Setiawan et al.
New study: Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Discovery siteFirst:  Germany
New study:  Chile
Discovery dateFirst: December 2007 (disproven)
New study: September 2016
Orbital characteristics
22 AU (3.3×109 km)
StarTW Hydrae
Physical characteristics
~4.25 R🜨
Mass23.72[1] ME
Temperature≥40 K (−233.2 °C; −387.7 °F)

TW Hydrae b is a likely extrasolar planet orbiting the young T Tauri star TW Hydrae approximately 176 light-years (54 parsecs, or nearly 1.665×1016 km) away in the constellation of Hydra. It is likely a Neptune-like planet orbiting at a distance of nearly 22 AU from its star.[1]

  1. ^ a b Tsukagoshi, Takashi; Nomura, Hideko; Muto, Takayuki; Kawabe, Ryohei; Ishimoto, Daiki; Kanagawa, Kazuhiro D.; Okuzumi, Satoshi; Ida, Shigeru; Walsh, Catherine; Millar, Tom J. (2016). "A Gap with a Deficit of Large Grains in the protoplanetary disk around TW Hya". The Astrophysical Journal. 829 (2): L35. arXiv:1605.00289. Bibcode:2016ApJ...829L..35T. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L35. S2CID 41738556.

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