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51 Pegasi b

A hot Jupiter and the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star, announced in 1995.

Type
Exoplanet
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
6

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Object type
Exoplanet
Graph relations
6
Verified sources
2
Image records
0
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Orbit context

Sun51 Pegasi bCatalog position context
Primary orbital anchor
Sun
Measured orbit field
Orbital distance not recorded in this graph record

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Scientific schematic

Optical pathCollected lightFocal plane / instrumentExoplanet
Object class
Exoplanet
Catalog numbers
Not recorded
Graph relations
6
Sources
2
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Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
exoplanet:51-pegasi-b
Type
Exoplanet
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
6
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/exoplanet:51-pegasi-b

Scientific quality

Complete
Reviewed2 sourcesv1.0.0

5 of 5 applicable dimensions complete

Description
Complete
Source coverage
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Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
Complete
Citation coverage
Complete
Image coverage
Not applicable
Timeline coverage
Not applicable

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Provenance & sources

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Scientific citations

3

Real, source-backed references — primary papers first, then datasets and institutional sources. Formatted through the citation engine; nothing is fabricated.

  • Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz · Nature 378, 355–359 · 1995

    Nature · doi:10.1038/378355a0

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz (1995). A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star. Nature 378, 355–359. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/378355a0
    
    @misc{cite:mayor-queloz-1995,
      title        = {A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star},
      author       = {Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz},
      organization = {Nature},
      howpublished = {Nature 378, 355–359},
      year         = {1995},
      doi          = {10.1038/378355a0},
      url          = {https://doi.org/10.1038/378355a0},
      note         = {Discovery of 51 Pegasi b, the first confirmed exoplanet around a Sun-like star.}
    }
  • NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC)

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC) (n.d.). 51 Pegasi b — NASA Exoplanet Archive. NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC). https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/
    
    @misc{cite:exoarchive-exoplanet-51-pegasi-b,
      title        = {51 Pegasi b — NASA Exoplanet Archive},
      organization = {NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC)},
      year         = {n.d.},
      url          = {https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/},
      note         = {Confirmed parameters and discovery references for 51 Pegasi b.}
    }
  • 2019

    The Nobel Prize

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    The Nobel Prize (2019). The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019. The Nobel Prize. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/
    
    @misc{cite:nobel-physics-2019,
      title        = {The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019},
      organization = {The Nobel Prize},
      year         = {2019},
      url          = {https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2019/},
      note         = {Peebles (physical cosmology); Mayor & Queloz (first exoplanet around a Sun-like star).}
    }

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  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

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