- PSR B1257+12 A
Planetbox begin
name = PSR B1257+12APlanetbox image
caption = An artist's impression of the radiated
surface of PSR B1257+12A.Planetbox star
star =PSR B1257+12
constell = Virgo
RA = RA|13|00|01
DEC = DEC|+12|40|57
dist_ly = 980
dist_pc = 300
class = PulsarPlanetbox orbit
semimajor = 0.19
eccentricity = 0.00
period = 25.262 ± 0.003
ang_dist = 0.633
long_peri = 0
t_peri = 2,449,765.6 ± 0.2
semi-amp = ?Planetbox character
mass = 7e-05
mass_earth = 0.025 Planetbox discovery
discovery_date =23 September 1994
discoverers =Aleksander Wolszczan
discovery_method = Pulsar Timing
discovery_site = flag|Poland
discovery_status = PublishedPSR B1257+12A is an
extrasolar planet approximately 980light-year s away in theconstellation of Virgo (theVirgin ). The planet is the innermost object orbiting thepulsar PSR B1257+12 , making the planet apulsar planet . In 1997, it was claimed that this planet was in fact an artifact caused bysolar wind , but this claim has since been disproved. It is about twice as massive asEarth 'sMoon .Name
It should be noted that the planets of PSR B1257+12 are designated from A to D (ordered by increasing distance). The reason that these planets are not named the same as other
extrasolar planet s is mainly because of time. Being the first "ever" planets discovered, and being discovered around apulsar , the planets were given the uppercase letters "B" and "C" (like other planets). When a third planet was discovered around the system (in a closer orbit then the other two), the name "A" was commonly used.51 Pegasi b (the first planet found around aSun -like star), paved the way of naming planets. Though these pulsar planets were not renamed, some have taken the liberty to do it themselves. PSR B1257+12A is cataloged as "PSR 1257+12b" onthe Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia . [http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=PSR+1257%2B12]See also
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PSR B1257+12B
*PSR B1257+12C
*PSR B1257+12D External links
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* [http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/alex/pulsar_planets.htm Pulsar Planets]
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