Artist impression. No real image of 51 Pegasi b exists yet.
exoplanet · 50.6 light years from Earth
51 Pegasi b
The first exoplanet found around a Sun-like star (1995), a scorching hot Jupiter.
- Type
- Exoplanet
- Orbits
- 51 Pegasi
- Distance
- 50.6 light years
- Diameter
- about 168,000 km (estimated)
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Discovered
- 1995
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces its star
About 51 Pegasi b
- The first exoplanet found around a Sun-like star, by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz in 1995.
- The discovery won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- It orbits its star in just over four days. Its official name is Dimidium.
Visit 51 Pegasi b in VR
In IKAREE, 51 Pegasi b is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for 51 Pegasi b. Warp seven. Engage.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for 51 Pegasi b. Warp seven. Engaging.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of 51 Pegasi b.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
