Wolf 359c
candidate exoplanet in the Wolf 359 system later determined to be a false positive
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
Wolf 359c is a false positive[1].
Key Facts
- Instance of: unconfirmed exoplanet[2]
- Constellation: Leo[3]
- Parent astronomical body: Wolf 359[4]
- Time of discovery or invention: 2019[5]
- Discovery method: Doppler spectroscopy[6]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.15[7]
- M sin i: 0.012 Jupiter mass[8]
- Mass: 0.012 Jupiter mass[9]
- Orbital period: 2.68687 day[10]
- Parallax: 415.1794 milliarcsecond[11]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 0.018 astronomical unit[12]
- Right ascension: 164.12050362594750 degree[13]
- Declination: 7.01472313480167 degree[14]
- Epoch: J2000.0[15]
- Declination component of proper motion: -2699.215 milliarcsecond per year[16]
- Right ascension component of proper motion: -3866.338 milliarcsecond per year[17]