Kappa Andromedae b

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Kappa Andromedae b

Summary

Kappa Andromedae b is an exoplanet[1]. It draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #64 of 578).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kappa Andromedae b's image is recorded as HR 8976 exoplanet.jpg[3].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[4].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's instance of is recorded as brown dwarf[5].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's instance of is recorded as star[6].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's instance of is recorded as double star[7].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's constellation is recorded as Andromeda[8].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's spectral class is recorded as L1[9].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's Commons category is recorded as Kappa Andromedae b[10].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Kappa Andromedae[11].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 176945734b[12].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-02-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nfwhys[14].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's discovery method is recorded as direct imaging[15].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.69'}[16].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.84'}[17].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.01'}[18].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.37'}[19].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+121'}[20].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+13'}[21].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.2'}[22].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+215000'}[23].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+100'}[24].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+129.5'}[25].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as * kap And B[26].
  • Kappa Andromedae b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "KappaAndromedaeb"][27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include exoplanet[4], brown dwarf[5], star[6], and double star[7].

History and Context

Kappa Andromedae b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 176945734b[12].

Why It Matters

Kappa Andromedae b draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #64 of 578).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Characterization of the gaseous companionκAndromedae b. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . THE κ ANDROMEDAE SYSTEM: NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE COMPANION MASS, SYSTEM AGE, AND FURTHER MULTIPLICITY. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Direct imaging discovery of a "super-jupiter" around the late B-type star {kappa} And. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Direct imaging discovery of a "super-jupiter" around the late B-type star {kappa} And. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Direct imaging discovery of a "super-jupiter" around the late B-type star {kappa} And. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Characterization of the gaseous companionκAndromedae b. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . SCExAO/CHARIS Near-infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of κ And b: A Likely Young, Low-gravity Superjovian Companion. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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