New observations of the giant planet orbiting beta Pictoris
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 13:31
in Astronomy & Space
New observations have been made of the giant planet around beta Pictoris. Discovered in 2009, this planet, called beta Pictoris b, has now been detected again with the NaCo instrument on the VLT. Astronomers find that the planet is moving around the star. They have also measured the mass and the effective temperature of beta Pic b.