51 Pegasi b
File:Artist impression of the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b.jpg
Conception of 51 Pegasi b
51 Pegasi b, also called Bellerephon, Dimidium or 51 Peg b, is the first extrasolar planet discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, 51 Pegasi. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the discovery on 6 October 1995.[1][2] It is 50 light years away in the direction of the constellation Pegasus.[3]
51 Pegasi B Media
Profile of planet 51 Pegasi b by NASA
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Promotional "Exoplanet Travel Bureau" poster from NASA
References
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Deborah Byrd and Eleanor Imster 2017. Today in science: 1st planet orbiting a sunlike star. [1] SPACE October 6, 2017.
