CE Antliae
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Antlia |
Right ascension | 10h 42m 30.10s[2] |
Declination | −33° 40′ 16.2″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.91±0.07[3] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | T Tauri star[4] |
Spectral type | M1[4] |
Variable type | rotational variable,[5] flare star[6] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 10.81±4.41[2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −118.751(23) mas/yr[2] Dec.: −19.648(26) mas/yr[2] |
Parallax (π) | 29.3277±0.0273 mas[2] |
Distance | 111.2 ± 0.1 ly (34.10 ± 0.03 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +9.0[7] |
Details | |
Mass | 0.46±0.09[8] M☉ |
Radius | 0.92±0.12[8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.115±0.019[8] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.18±0.17[8] cgs |
Temperature | 3509±116[8] K |
Rotation | 4.92[5] days |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 63.2[5] km/s |
Age | 6.4±1.1[9] Myr |
Other designations | |
TWA 7, CE Ant, TYC 7190-2111-1, ASAS J104230-3340.3, GSC 07190-02111, 2MASS J10423011-3340162, RX J104230.3-334014, TIC 54147487, WISE J104230.01-334016.4, Gaia DR2 5444751795151480320 | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
CE Antliae (also called TWA 7) is a young low-mass star in the constellation of Antlia. It is surrounded by a debris disk and has one directly imaged planet candidate.[10]

TWA 7 was discovered in 1999 with a spectral type of M1 and as a member of the TW Hydrae association.[4] The detection of molecular hydrogen is interpreted as a weak sign of accretion of gas near the star.[12] A giant x-ray flare was detected on 2010-09-07 with MAXI/GSC on the ISS.[6]
Planetary system
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The disk was first imaged in scattered light in 1998 with Hubble NICMOS, but it needed a re-processing in 2016 to reveal the disk. The observation showed a pole-on dust ring with a radius of about 35 astronomical units.[13] An outer ring and a spiral arm originating from the main ring was tentatively detected with VLT/SPHERE in 2018. The modelling also showed evidence of an inner ring.[14] An additional observation with Hubble STIS showed three rings, two spirals and a clump.[15] In 2000 dust was detected around TWA 7 due to excess submillimeter radiation.[16] ALMA observations did however show that most emission come from a background galaxy. The disk was also detected with ALMA.[17] The disk has detected carbon monoxide (CO) gas from ALMA observations, which is likely generated by exocomets. It was the first detection of CO gas in a debris disk around an M-dwarf. This kind of detection is more common around more massive stars.[18]
In 2025 JWST MIRI observations showed a point source that could be a young sub-Jovian planet with a mass of 0.3 MJ (about 100 M🜨) and a temperature of around 320 Kelvin. The candidate can explain the main ring of the debris disk. It also does not fit the spectrum of a background star. It could be consistent with an intermediate-redshift star-forming galaxy, but the probability of such a galaxy appearing that close to TWA 7 is estimated to be 0.34%.[10] If confirmed as a planet, it would be the least massive directly imaged exoplanet.[10] The candidate is located in an underdensity in ring 2 that was noticed before. Opposite to the planet candidate is another underdensity, which could be created by orbital resonance. The mass of the candidate was previously predicted to be 2 Neptune masses (about 34 M🜨) before it was detected.[15][10]
This candidate planet was independently detected by observations taken with the NIRCam instrument aboard JWST. The observations strongly support a planetary nature for this object, finding a background galaxy to be unlikely. The planet's mass could be similar to Neptune's. A second point-like source was also detected, but it needs follow-up observations to determine its nature.[19]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (years) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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Ring 1 | 24.49±0.04 AU | — | — | |||
b (candidate) | 0.3 MJ | 52 | 550 | — | — | — |
Ring 2 | 52.38±0.12 AU | — | — | |||
Ring 3 | 101+2 −3 AU |
— | — |
See also
[edit]- Other M dwarfs with debris disks
References
[edit]- ^ "Webb captures evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7". esawebb.org. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
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