BEBOP-1c

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BEBOP-1c
Discovery
Discovered by Matthew Standing [1]
Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
0.794±0.016 AU
Eccentricity 0.037+0.032
−0.026 [2]
215.79±0.46 days
Inclination 97.00+6.70
−6.80
Physical characteristics
Mass 75.4+4
−3.6 M🜨

    BEBOP-1c, also known as TOI-1338 c, [3] is a gas giant exoplanet [4] orbiting the star system TOI-1338 [5] in the constellation Pictor. It was detected using the radial velocity method. [4] [5] The planet is located 1,301 light years away from Earth. [4]

    Discovery

    Matthew Standing and his team discovered the planet in 2023. [1] [4]

    References

    1. 1 2 Standing, Matthew R.; Sairam, Lalitha; Martin, David V.; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Correia, Alexandre C. M.; Coleman, Gavin A. L.; Baycroft, Thomas A.; Kunovac, Vedad; Boisse, Isabelle; Andrew Collier Cameron; Dransfield, Georgina; Faria, João P.; Gillon, Michaël; Hara, Nathan C.; Hellier, Coel; Howard, Jonathan; Lane, Ellie; Mardling, Rosemary; Maxted, Pierre F. L.; Miller, Nicola J.; Nelson, Richard P.; Orosz, Jerome A.; Pepe, Franscesco; Santerne, Alexandre; Sebastian, Daniel; Udry, Stéphane; Welsh, William F. (2023), "Radial-velocity discovery of a second planet in the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 circumbinary system", Nature Astronomy, 7 (6): 702–714, arXiv: 2301.10794 , Bibcode:2023NatAs...7..702S, doi:10.1038/s41550-023-01948-4, S2CID   259138442
    2. ↑ Wang, Mu-Tian; Liu, Hui-Gen (July 2024). "Photo-dynamical Analysis of Circumbinary Multi-planet System TOI-1338: A Fully Coplanar Configuration with a Puffy Planet". The Astronomical Journal . 168 (1): 31. arXiv: 2404.18415 . Bibcode:2024AJ....168...31W. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad4a60 .
    3. ↑ "Direct from Star Wars? Tatooine-like planet that orbits twin stars discovered". Wion. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
    4. 1 2 3 4 "TOI-1338 c - NASA Science". 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
    5. 1 2 "TOI-1338 | NASA Exoplanet Archive". exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
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