Orbital characterization of the<i>β</i>Pictoris b giant planet
Orbital characterization of the<i>β</i>Pictoris b giant planet
In June 2010, we confirmed the existence of a giant planet in the disk of the young star Beta Pictoris, located between 8 AU and 15 AU from the star. This young planet offers the rare opportunity to monitor a large fraction of the orbit using the imaging technique over …