51 Pegasi b

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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

  • The location of 51 Pegasi in Pegasus

  • Profile of planet 51 Pegasi b by NASA

  • Promotional "Exoplanet Travel Bureau" poster from NASA

References

  1. ↑ Ilovaisky, S. A.. Une planète autour de 51 Pegasi (in fr) (2002-03-25). Retrieved 2020-03-17.[dead link]
  2. ↑ Mayor, Michael. A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star. Nature 378 (6555) (23 November 1995). p. 355–359. doi:10.1038/378355a0.
  3. ↑ Deborah Byrd and Eleanor Imster 2017. Today in science: 1st planet orbiting a sunlike star. [1] SPACE October 6, 2017.


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