Pollux b

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Pollux b

Summary

Pollux b is an exoplanet[1]. It draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #62 of 578).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pollux b is credited with the discovery of Artie P. Hatzes[3].
  • Pollux b's image is recorded as Pólux B.jpg[4].
  • Pollux b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].
  • Pollux b's constellation is recorded as Gemini[6].
  • Pollux b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Pollux[7].
  • Pollux b's catalog code is recorded as HD 62509b[8].
  • Pollux b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 423088367b[9].
  • Pollux b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-10-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Pollux b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fcxn_[11].
  • Pollux b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy[12].
  • Pollux b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.011'}[13].
  • Pollux b's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Pollux-b[14].
  • Pollux b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+2.63'}[15].
  • Pollux b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+2.9'}[16].
  • Pollux b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+596.6'}[17].
  • Pollux b's angular distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+0.163443'}[18].
  • Pollux b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+96.54'}[19].
  • Pollux b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.61'}[20].
  • Pollux b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+167.7'}[21].
  • Pollux b's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thestias'}[22].
  • Pollux b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as * bet Gem b[23].
  • Pollux b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "Polluxb"][24].
  • Pollux b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as pollux_b--312[25].
  • Pollux b's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as HD 62509 b[26].
  • Pollux b's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+116.328957792'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Catalog codes include HD 62509b[8] and TIC 423088367b[9].

Why It Matters

Pollux b draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #62 of 578).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Confirmation of the planet hypothesis for the long-period radial velocity variations of β Geminorum. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Planet engulfment by ~1.5-3 M☉ red giants. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Planet engulfment by ~1.5-3 M☉ red giants. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Confirmation of the Exoplanet around β GEM from the RV Observations Using Boes. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . iau.org. iau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction. 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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