Notes for Beta Pictoris

update: 22 December 2000 incomplete

The planet(s):

• Detection method: Occultation

• Remarks:
  • To be confirmed
  • This star presents indirect indications of the presence of planets:
    • clearing of the circumstallar disk (Lagage et al. 1995, Roques et al. 1994)
    • variable absorption lines (Beust et al. 1994)

• References:
  2. ARTYMOWICZ P., 1989
     The Beta Pictoris disc - A planetary rather than a protoplanetary one.
     in: Dynamics of astrophysical discs. Proceedings of the Conference, Manchester, England, Dec. 13-16, 1988 (A90-51451 23-90). Cambridge, England and New York, Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 43, 44.
     abstract
  3. CRIFO. F., VIDAL-MADJAR A., LALLEMENT R., FERLET R. & GERBALDI M., 1997
     ß Pictoris revisited by Hipparcos. Star properties.
     A. & A., 320, L29
     abstract
  4. GORKAVYI N., HEAP S., OZERNOY L., TAIDAKOVA T. & MATHER J., 2000
     Indicator of Exo-Solar Planet(s) in the Circumstellar Disk Around Beta Pictoris.
     in Planetary Systems in the Universe: Observation, Formation, and Evolution. (A.J. Penny, P. Artymowicz, and S.S. Russell, eds.). Proc. IAU Symp. No. 202, ASP Conference Series, (2001)
     paper
  5. KRIST J. BURROWS C., STAPELFELDT K. & WFPC2 IDT, 1996
     WFPC2 IDT Observations of Circumstellar Material
     in Planets Beyond the Solar System and the Next Generation of Space Missions (baltimore, 16 - 18 Oct. 1996)
     abstract
  6. LAGRANGE A.M., BEUST H., MOUILLET D., FERLET R., LECAVELIER A., VIDAL-MADJAR A., DELEUIL M., FELDMAN P., McPHATE J., MOOS H., LISSAUER J., HOBBS L. & McGRATH M., 1996
     GHRS Observations of the Extrasolar Protoplanetary System Pictoris
     in Science with the Hubble Space Telescope -- II
     Book Editors: P. Benvenuti, F. D. Macchetto, and E. J. Schreier
     Electronic Editor: H. Payne
     abstract
  7. LECAVELIER DES ETANGS A., VIDAL-MADJAR A., BURKI G., LAMERS H., FERLET R., NITSCHELM C. & SEVRES F., 1996
     Beta Pic light variations: I about the planetary hypothesis
     A. & A. (submitted)
  8. LECAVELIER DES ETANGS A. DELEUIL M., VIDAL-MADJAR A. FERLET R., NITSCHELM C., NICOLET B. & LAGRANGE-HENRI A. M 1995
     Beta Pictoris: evidence of light variations
     Astron. & Astrophys., 299, 557
     ( abstract and light curve).
  9. ROBERGE A., FELDMAN P., PHATE J., DEBES J., LAGRANGE A.-M., VIDAL-MDJAR A., & JOLLY A., 1998
     High Resolution Spectra of CO and CI in the Beta Pictoris Circumstellar Disk
     in 30^th DPS Meeting
     abstract

• Other Web pages:
  • Disk perturbation by a planet (F. Roques et al.)

The star:

• Distance: 18 pc
• Spectral type: A5V
• Apparent magnitude: V = 3.8
• Absolute luminosity:
• Coordinates (2000):
• More data:
  • Basic Data (from simbad )
  • Most recent refs. (from ADS; enter `beta Pic' in the `objects' field)