Artist’s impression of the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b

This artist’s view shows the hot Jupiter exoplanet 51 Pegasi b, sometimes referred to as Bellerophon, which orbits a star about 50 light-years from Earth in the northern constellation of Pegasus (The Winged Horse). This was the first exoplanet around a normal star to be found in 1995. Twenty years later this object was also the first exoplanet to be be directly detected spectroscopically in visible light.

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ESO/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)

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Tunnistus:eso1517b
Julkaisupäivä:22. huhtikuuta 2015 12:00
Vastaavat julkaisut:eso1517
Vastaavat tiedotteet:ann19049
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Nimi:51 Pegasi b
Tyyppi:Milky Way : Planet
Kategoria:Illustrations (disabled)

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