51 Pegasi b

51 Pegasi b, also called Bellerephon, Dimidium or 51 Peg b, is the first extrasolar planet discovered orbiting a main-sequence star,  51 Pegasi. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the discovery on 6 October 1995. It is 50 light years away in the direction of the constellation Pegasus.Deborah Byrd and Eleanor Imster 2017. Today in science: 1st planet orbiting a sunlike star.   SPACE October 6, 2017. 

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