Exoplanet
51 Pegasi b
A hot Jupiter and the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star, announced in 1995.
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- Type: Exoplanet
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Child of Helvetios.
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- Child ofHelvetios
First exoplanet found around a Sun-like star.
- OrbitsHelvetios
- Similar toHot Jupiter
- Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive
- Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
- Related toThe First Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star
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Curated next objects
Helvetios
Yellow dwarf in Pegasus, about 50.9 light-years from Earth.
exoplanet detection methodRadial Velocity Method
Measuring the gravitational wobble a planet induces in its star.
exoplanet catalogueNASA Exoplanet Archive
The NASA Exoplanet Archive is the authoritative catalogue of confirmed exoplanets and their measured parameters.
planetary classHot Jupiter
Gas-giant planets orbiting extremely close to their stars, with short orbital periods.
historical discoveryThe First Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, using the ELODIE spectrograph at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence, detected the wobble of the star 51 Pegasi caused by an orbiting giant planet — the first exoplanet found around a normal, Sun-like star.
constellationPegasus
A northern constellation, one of the 88 modern constellations, recognizable by the Great Square asterism.
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
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exoplanet:51-pegasi-b- Type
- Exoplanet
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- Scientific connections
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- 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
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Provenance & sources
review 2026.1Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate
- High evidenceconfirmed
51 Pegasi b was the first confirmed exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star (1995); it is a 'hot Jupiter' in a very short-period orbit, a discovery recognised with the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Source: NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC) — NASA Exoplanet Archive · Freely available; acknowledgement requested
- A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star, Nature 378, 355–359 (1995)doi:10.1038/378355a0
- NASA Exoplanet Archive, NASA Exoplanet Archive
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Scientific citations
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- Peer-reviewed paperA Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star
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.} } - Archive page51 Pegasi b — NASA Exoplanet Archive
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.} } - Historical referenceThe Nobel Prize in Physics 2019
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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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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- ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.