51 Pegasi

51 Pegasi is the (Flamsteed designation) name of a Sun-like star 14.7 parsecs (47.9 light-years) from Earth in the constellation of Pegasus. It was the first Sun-like star to be found to have a planet orbiting it, a discovery that was announced in 1995.

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Flamsteed designation - Sun - Parsec - Light-year - Earth - Constellation - Pegasus - Planet - Orbit - 1995

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The exoplanet's discovery was announced on October 6 1995 by Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz in Nature, volume 378, page 355. The discovery was made with the radial velocity method at the Observatoire de Genève.

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Exoplanet - October 6 - 1995 - Michael Mayor - Didier Queloz - Nature - Radial velocity method - Observatoire de Genève

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