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PSR B1257+12 B : ウィキペディア英語版 | PSR B1257+12 B
PSR B1257+12 c (ex PSR B1257+12 B) is an extrasolar planet (approximately 980 light-years away) in the constellation of Virgo (the Virgin). PSR B1257+12B was the first planet ever discovered outside the Solar System, and is one of three objects known to be orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12, which it circles at a distance of 0.36 AU with an orbital period of approximately 66 days. The planet is over four times as massive as the Earth. Because planet B and planet C have very similar masses (as well as orbiting close to each other), they cause measurable perturbations in each other's orbits. As expected, perturbations were detected confirming that the planets were real. Accurate masses of the two planets, as well as their inclinations, were measured by calculating how much the planets interfere with each other. ==Name== The planets of PSR B1257+12 are designated from A to D (ordered by increasing distance). The reason that these planets have different naming conventions from other extrasolar planets is because the naming conventions differed at the time of their discovery. Being the first ''ever'' exoplanets discovered, and being discovered around a pulsar, the planets were given the uppercase letters "B" and "C." When a third planet was later discovered around the system (in a closer orbit than the other two), the name "A" was used. The planet and its host star is one of the planetary systems selected by the International Astronomical Union as part of their public process for giving proper names to exoplanets and their host star (where no proper name already exists).〔(NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars ). IAU.org. 9 July 2014〕〔(NameExoWorlds ).〕 The process involves public nomination and voting for the new names, and the IAU plans to announce the new names in mid-November 2015.〔(NameExoWorlds ).〕
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