HD 106906
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HD 106906 is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Crux. It is too faint to be visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of 7.80. The distance to this syste
Edge-on disc of gas and dust present around the binary star system HD 106906
HD 106906 b
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HD 106906 b is a directly imaged planetary-mass companion and exoplanet orbiting the star HD 106906, in the constellation Crux at about 336 ± 13 light-years from Earth. It is estimated to be about ele
HD 106906
…stars with similar masses and a matching stellar classification of F5 V. Their orbital period is less than 100 days. A distant circumbinary planet—HD 106906 b—is orbiting the pair at a projected separation of 732±30 AU with a period of at least 3,000 years. An infrared excess around the binary is coming from…
The star HD 106906 and the planet HD 106906 b, with Neptune's orbit for comparison
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