HD 95086 b
Description: HD 95086 b, formally named Levantes, is a confirmed, directly imaged exoplanet orbiting the young, 17 Myr A-class pre-main-sequence star HD 95086. It is roughly 5 times as massive as Jupiter and orbits about 70 AU away from the parent star. It was detected at thermal infrared wavelengths (3.8 μm) through direct imaging, using the NACO instrument on the VLT. A debris disk has been detected in this system at submillimeter wavelengths and has been resolved in the far-infrared from data obtained with the Herschel Space Observatory.
Physical Properties
Mass (Jupiter mass): 5.0 MJ
Radius (Jupiter radius): 1.15 RJ
Density: 4.07 g/cm³
Equilibrium Temperature: 1000.0 K
Orbital Parameters
Orbital Period: Unknown
Semi-major Axis: 55.7 AU
Eccentricity: Unknown
Inclination: Unknown
Host Star Properties
Host Star: HD 95086
Spectral Type: A8 III
Temperature: 7595.0 K
Stellar Mass: 1.6 M☉
Stellar Radius: 1.49 R☉
Discovery Information
Planet Letter: b
Object ID: 3.11598
Host ID: 2.56281
Discovery Date: 2013-08
Discovery Year: 2013
Discovery Method: Imaging
Discovery Locale: Ground
Discovery Facility: Paranal Observatory
Discovery Instrument: NACO Camera