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CFBDSIR2149

The planetary system CFBDSIR2149 hosts at least one planet. The planet is a so called orphan planet and not associated with any star.

  System parameters
Primary system name CFBDSIR2149
Alternative system names CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9, CFBDS J214947-040308
Right ascension 21 49 47
Declination -04 03 08
Distance [parsec] 40.0
Distance [lightyears] 130.5
Number of stars in system 0
Number of planets in system 1

ImageImage

 

Artist's impression of the free-floating planet CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9 ESO/L. Calcada/P. Delorme/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/R. Saito/VVV Consortium

ArchitectureArchitecture of the system

This list shows all planetary and stellar components in the system. It gives a quick overview of the hierarchical architecture.

  •  CFBDSIR2149, planet

    PlanetsPlanets in the system

    This table lists all planets in the system CFBDSIR2149.

      CFBDSIR2149
    Alternative planet names CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9, CFBDS J214947-040308
    Description This planet is an orphan planet, which means it is not orbiting any star. Some people therefore argue that it should not be called a planet. The object is associated with the AB Doradus moving group which allows astronomers to determine its age and therefore its mass.
    Lists Confirmed planets; Orphan planets
    Mass [Mjup] 5.50
    Mass [Mearth] 1748
    Radius [Rjup] N/A
    Radius [Rearth] N/A
    Orbital period [days] N/A
    Semi-major axis [AU] N/A
    Eccentricity N/A
    Equilibrium temperature [K] N/A
    Discovery method imaging
    Discovery year 2012
    Last updated [yy/mm/dd] 12/11/14

    starStars in the system

    This table lists all stars in the system CFBDSIR2149.

     

    Planet sizes

    The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system The Solar System planets are shown as a comparison. Note that unless the radius has been determined through a transit observation, this is only an approximation (see Lissauer et al. 2011b).

    PlutoMercuryMarsVenusEarthNeptuneUranusSaturnJupiterCFBDSIR2149

    referencesScientific references and contributors

    Links to scientific papers and other data sources

    history http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=bibcode&Itemid=129&bibcode=2012A%2526A...548A..26DPDF

    This table lists all links which are relevant to this particular system. Note that this is just a summary. More references to the scientific publications and comments can be found in the commit messages. To see these, head over the github or click here to directly go to the git blame output of this system. In the left column of the output you can see the commit message corresponding to each parameter. It also lists the date of the last commit and the person making the changes. Within the commit message, you will find a link to the scientific publication where the data is taken from. Note that this is a new feature and not all system parameters might have a reference associated with it yet. Please help making this catalogue better and contribute data or references!

    Open Exoplanet Catalogue contributors

    Contributor E-mail Number of commits
    Andrew Tribick ajtribick(at)googlemail.com 1
    Hanno Rein hanno(at)hanno-rein.de 14
    Kenneth J Cott kennethjcott(at)gmail.com 1
    Marc-Antoine Martinod marc-antoine.martinod(at)ens-cachan.fr 1

    This table lists all people who have contributed to the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. Please consider contributing! Click here to find out how. You can also view all commits contributing to this file on github.

    xmlData download

    You can download the xml file corresponding to this planetary system, which is part of the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. All information on this page has been directly generated from this XML file. You can also download the entire catalogue over at github. If you prefer to download the dataset as an ASCII tables, you might find the oec_tables repository useful.

    correctionsCorrections

    If you spot an error or if you can contribute additional data to this entry, please send an e-mail to exoplanet@hanno-rein.de. Please include the corrected xml file and a reference to where the new data is coming from, ideally a scientific paper. If you are fluent with git and github, you can also create a pull request or open an issue on the Open Exoplanet Catalogue repository. Please include the reference to the relevant scientific paper in your commit message.