Planet Luhman 16 B

Detailed information about planet Luhman 16 B and its parameters.

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Planet

Name

Luhman 16 B

Planet Status

Confirmed

Discovered in

2013

Update

2024-07-15

Mass

27.9 (\pm 1.0)

M_J 2 publications

The JWST Weather Report from the Nearest Brown Dwarfs I: multi-period JWST NIRSpec + MIRI monitoring of the benchmark binary brown dwarf WISE 1049AB
HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints on a third body

Mass*sin(i)

—

Semi-Major Axis

3.67 (\pm 0.43)

AU 2 publications

HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints on a third body
Nonequilibrium Hanbury-Brown-Twiss experiment: Theory and application to binary stars

Orbital Period

10600.0 (\begin{matrix} + 1800.0 \\ - 1500.0 \end{matrix})

day 1 publication

HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints on a third body

Eccentricity

0.42 (\begin{matrix} + 0.05 \\ - 0.09 \end{matrix})

1 publication

HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints on a third body

ω

140.3 (\begin{matrix} + 1.9 \\ - 4.3 \end{matrix})

deg 1 publication

HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints on a third body

T_peri

—

Radius

0.84

R_J 1 publication

Nonequilibrium Hanbury-Brown-Twiss experiment: Theory and application to binary stars

Inclination

80.15 (\begin{matrix} + 0.22 \\ - 0.36 \end{matrix})

deg 1 publication

HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints on a third body

Detection Method

Imaging

Mass Meas. Method

Astrometry

Radius Meas. Method

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Primary transit

—

Secondary transit

—

λ

—

Impact Parameter b

—

Time V_r=0

—

Velocity Semiamplitude K

—

Calculated temperature

—

Measured temperature

1350.0

K 1 publication

Nonequilibrium Hanbury-Brown-Twiss experiment: Theory and application to binary stars

Hottest point longitude

—

Geometric albedo

—

Surface gravity log(g/g_H)

—

Alternate Names

LUH 16 B, WISE J104915.57-531906.1 B, WISE 1049 B

Data Source	Type	Result Value	Result Figure	Notes	Reference

Molecule	Data Source	Type	Result Value	Result Figure	Notes	Reference

Lazorenko et al. (2018) : Luhman 16 AB is a binary of brown dwarfs; separation : 3.557 -0.023/+0.026 UA, period = 27.54 -0.43/+0.39 y, temperature = 1210 K

No link

System without star

Distance

1.998 (\pm 0.0004)

RA₂₀₀₀

10:49:18.9

Dec₂₀₀₀

-53:19:10.1

Planet Luhman 16 B

Planet

Basic informations 28 parameters

Atmospheric parameters : Temperatures 0 temperatures

Atmospheric parameters : Molecules 0 molecules

Remarks Some remarks

Other web pages No page

System without star

System informations 3 parameters

Planet Luhman 16 B

Planet

Basic informations 28 parameters

Atmospheric parameters : Temperatures 0 temperatures

Atmospheric parameters : Molecules 0 molecules

Remarks Some remarks

Other web pages No page

System without star

System informations 3 parameters

Related publications

Latitude-dependent Atmospheric Waves and Long-period Modulations in Luhman 16 B from the Longest Lightcurve of an Extrasolar World

Global weather map reveals persistent top-of-atmosphere features on the nearest brown dwarfs

The JWST Weather Report from the Nearest Brown Dwarfs I: multi-period JWST NIRSpec + MIRI monitoring of the benchmark binary brown dwarf WISE 1049AB

HST astrometry of the closest Brown Dwarfs -- II. Improved parameters and constraints on a third body

Nonequilibrium Hanbury-Brown-Twiss experiment: Theory and application to binary stars

The Oceanus Moving Group: A New 500 Myr Old Host for the Nearest Brown Dwarf

A Unified Spectroscopic and Photometric Model to Infer Surface Inhomogeneity: Application to Luhman 16B

TESS Observations of the Luhman 16AB Brown Dwarf System: Rotational Periods, Lightcurve Evolution, and Zonal Circulation

Modeling Polarization Signals from Cloudy Brown Dwarfs: Luhman 16 A and B in Three Dimensions

WISE 2150-7520AB: A Very Low-mass, Wide Comoving Brown Dwarf System Discovered through the Citizen Science Project Backyard Worlds: Planet 9

Detection of Polarization due to Cloud Bands in the Nearby Luhman 16 Brown Dwarf Binary

Hunting Exoplanets with Single-Mode Optical Interferometry

Updated astrometry and masses of the LUH 16 brown dwarf binary

Discovery of a binary brown dwarf at 2 pc from the Sun