Discovery Method
Imaging
Consistent across records
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Luhman 16 b
Host star Luhman 16 A • 9697 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2017
Imaging
Radius
—
default parameter set
Mass
9344.2 M⊕
default parameter set
Luhman 16 A
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Bedin et al. 2024
Host Star
Luhman 16 A
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2017
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
9697 day
9697 to 10001
Semi-Major Axis
3.52 au
3.52 to 3.54
Mass
9344.2 Mearth
8867.4 to 9344.2
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Massdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Imaging | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 9697 day | — | 9344.2 Mearth | — | Bedin et al. 2024 |
| 2017 | Imaging | Multiple Observatories | Multiple Telescopes | 10001 day | — | 8867.4 Mearth | — | Garcia et al. 2017 |