51 Pegasi b

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51 Pegasi b

Summary

51 Pegasi b is an exoplanet[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].
  • 51 Pegasi b's constellation is recorded as Pegasus[6].
  • 51 Pegasi b's Commons category is recorded as 51 Pegasi b[7].
  • 51 Pegasi b's parent astronomical body is recorded as 51 Pegasi[8].
  • 51 Pegasi b's catalog code is recorded as HD 217014b[9].
  • 51 Pegasi b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 139298196b[10].
  • 51 Pegasi b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 1995[11].
  • 51 Pegasi b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy[12].
  • 51 Pegasi b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0042'}[13].
  • 51 Pegasi b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80'}[14].
  • 51 Pegasi b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.464'}[15].
  • 51 Pegasi b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.46'}[16].
  • 51 Pegasi b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.9'}[17].
  • 51 Pegasi b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4.2307969'}[18].
  • 51 Pegasi b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+64.6488'}[19].
  • 51 Pegasi b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.05235'}[20].
  • 51 Pegasi b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6'}[21].
  • 51 Pegasi b's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dimidium'}[22].
  • 51 Pegasi b's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5'}[23].
  • 51 Pegasi b's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • 51 Pegasi b's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+344.36658506978085'}[25].
  • 51 Pegasi b's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.76882840019833'}[26].
  • 51 Pegasi b's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[27].

Body

Designation and Status

51 Pegasi b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include HD 217014b[9] and TIC 139298196b[10].

Why It Matters

51 Pegasi b has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Evidence for a spectroscopic direct detection of reflected light from 51 Pegasi b. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Evidence for a spectroscopic direct detection of reflected light from 51 Pegasi b. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Evidence for a spectroscopic direct detection of reflected light from 51 Pegasi b. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The California Legacy Survey. I. A Catalog of 178 Planets from Precision Radial Velocity Monitoring of 719 Nearby Stars over Three Decades. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . iau.org. iau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Егор Затяжкин · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Albedo {'amount': '+0.5'}
    Instance of
    Orbital period {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4.2307969'}
    Parallax {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+64.6488'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P575]]: 6 October 1995"
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