About this world
bet Pic d is a gas giant orbiting bet Pic, a white A-type star (type A6V) 64.4 light-years from Earth. It is about 1.3 times the size of Jupiter and holds 2.4 Jupiter masses. It completes an orbit every 90.9 years at 26 AU from its star, on a strongly elongated orbit (e = 0.44).
Its equilibrium temperature is about 600 K (327 °C): far too hot for liquid water on its surface. At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.
It was discovered in 2026 by direct imaging with Paranal Observatory. The planet itself is photographed, its star blocked by a coronagraph. bet Pic has 3 known planets; the others are bet Pic c and bet Pic b.