Beta Pictoris

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Beta Pictoris is a nearby young A-type main-sequence star only about 63.4 light-years away in the constellation Pictor. It is the first stars suspected to have planets other than the Sun, when its debris disk was discovered by IRAS in 1983. However, the existence of its actual planets (both Jovians) will not be confirmed until 2008

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