Fast spin of the young extrasolar planet β Pictoris b

Ignas A. G. Snellen (), Bernhard R. Brandl, Remco J. de Kok, Matteo Brogi, Jayne Birkby and Henriette Schwarz
Additional contact information
Ignas A. G. Snellen: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Bernhard R. Brandl: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Remco J. de Kok: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Matteo Brogi: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Jayne Birkby: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Henriette Schwarz: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7498, 63-65

Abstract: Near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the young extrasolar planet β Pictoris b indicate that it spins significantly faster than any planet in the Solar System, in line with the extrapolation of the known trend in spin velocity with planet mass.

Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13253 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:509:y:2014:i:7498:d:10.1038_nature13253

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/nature13253

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().