51 Pegasi B
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| Discovered | October 6, 1995 |
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| Radius | 135,830 km |
| Distance to Earth | 50 light years |
| Orbital period | 102 hours |
| Temperature | 1284 ± 19 K |
| Discoverers | Didier Queloz |
| Michel Mayor | |
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| ID | 2239189 |
About 51 Pegasi B
51 Pegasi b, unofficially dubbed Bellerophon, later formally named Dimidium, is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. It was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, the Sun-like 51 Pegasi, and marked a breakthrough in astronomical research.
51 Pegasi b Photos
