Extrasolar Visions - epsilon Indi Bb

Brown Dwarf

Object Type:

Brown Dwarf

Parent Object:

Discovery Status:

Imaged

Current Planet

Habitability Zone

Mass :

Mean Distance:

2.65 AU

Orbital Period:

15 Years

Observed Temperature:

854 Kelvins

System Age:

1300 Myr

Estimated Radius:

0.932 Jupiters ¹

Temp from
Internal Heating :

792.477 Kelvins ²

Mean Angular Star Size:

0.152°

Gravitational Influence
(Hill Sphere):

0.599 AU / 89660000 km

Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit:

0.215 AU / 32270000 km

Max Moon Mass:

> 10 Earths

Tidally locked if older than:

> 20 Gyr

Notes:
¹ from planet formation models of Burrows et al
² from planet formation models of Burrows et al

Year Discovered:

2003

Discovered By:

Optical and Infrared Imaging

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