PSR B1257+12 c

Summary

PSR B1257+12 c is an exoplanet^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• PSR B1257+12 c is credited with the discovery of Aleksander Wolszczan^[3].
• PSR B1257+12 c's image is recorded as Exoplanet Comparison PSR B1257+12 B.png^[4].
• PSR B1257+12 c's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• PSR B1257+12 c's constellation is recorded as Virgo^[6].
• PSR B1257+12 c's Commons category is recorded as PSR B1257+12 B^[7].
• PSR B1257+12 c's parent astronomical body is recorded as Q528^[8].
• PSR B1257+12 c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-22T00:00:00Z^[9].
• PSR B1257+12 c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• PSR B1257+12 c's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047bvt9^[11].
• PSR B1257+12 c's discovery method is recorded as pulsar timing^[12].
• PSR B1257+12 c's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0186'}^[13].
• PSR B1257+12 c's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+53.0'}^[14].
• PSR B1257+12 c's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+3.4'}^[15].
• PSR B1257+12 c's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+4.3'}^[16].
• PSR B1257+12 c's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+66.5419'}^[17].
• PSR B1257+12 c's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+1.41'}^[18].
• PSR B1257+12 c's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.36'}^[19].
• PSR B1257+12 c's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+250.4'}^[20].
• PSR B1257+12 c's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Poltergeist'}^[21].
• PSR B1257+12 c's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME PSR B1257+12c^[22].
• PSR B1257+12 c's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].
• PSR B1257+12 c's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as psr_b1257_12_c--277^[24].
• PSR B1257+12 c's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as PSR B1257+12 c^[25].
• PSR B1257+12 c's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+195.01294792'}^[26].
• PSR B1257+12 c's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.68198750'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

PSR B1257+12 c's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].

Why It Matters

PSR B1257+12 c ranks in the top 6% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]