51 Pegasi b

Summary

51 Pegasi b is an exoplanet^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 51 Pegasi b is credited with the discovery of Michel Mayor^[3].
• 51 Pegasi b is credited with the discovery of Didier Queloz^[4].
• 51 Pegasi b's image is recorded as Artist impression of the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b.jpg^[5].
• 51 Pegasi b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[6].
• 51 Pegasi b's constellation is recorded as Pegasus^[7].
• 51 Pegasi b's Commons category is recorded as 51 Pegasi b^[8].
• 51 Pegasi b's parent astronomical body is recorded as 51 Pegasi^[9].
• 51 Pegasi b's catalog code is recorded as HD 217014b^[10].
• 51 Pegasi b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 139298196b^[11].
• 51 Pegasi b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-11-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 51 Pegasi b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gvv1^[13].
• 51 Pegasi b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[14].
• 51 Pegasi b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0042'}^[15].
• 51 Pegasi b's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/51-Pegasi-b-planet^[16].
• 51 Pegasi b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80'}^[17].
• 51 Pegasi b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.464'}^[18].
• 51 Pegasi b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.46'}^[19].
• 51 Pegasi b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.9'}^[20].
• 51 Pegasi b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4.2307969'}^[21].
• 51 Pegasi b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+64.6488'}^[22].
• 51 Pegasi b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.05235'}^[23].
• 51 Pegasi b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6'}^[24].
• 51 Pegasi b's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dimidium'}^[25].
• 51 Pegasi b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as * 51 Peg b^[26].
• 51 Pegasi b's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

51 Pegasi b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[6].

History and Context

Catalog codes include HD 217014b^[10] and TIC 139298196b^[11].

Why It Matters

51 Pegasi b ranks in the top 2% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]