Discovery | |
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Discovered by | University of New South Wales, Australia |
Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
Discovery date | December 18, 2015 |
Radial Velocity | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.035509 (± 7e-06)[1] AU | |
Eccentricity | 0 |
4.8876 (± 0.0014) d | |
Star | Wolf 1061 |
Physical characteristics | |
≥1.44[2] R🜨 | |
Mass | ≥1.36[2] ME |
Wolf 1061b is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Wolf 1061 in the Ophiuchus constellation, about 13.8 light years from Earth. It is the first planet in order from its host star in a triple planetary system, and has an orbital period of nearly 5 days. The planet orbits too close to its star for it to be in the habitable zone.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Wolf 1061 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. 1995. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ a b "Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ Kane, Stephen R; Kaspar von Braun; Henry, Gregory W; Waters, Miranda A; Boyajian, Tabetha S; Mann, Andrew W (2016). "Characterization of the Wolf 1061 Planetary System". The Astrophysical Journal. 835 (2): 200. arXiv:1612.09324. Bibcode:2017ApJ...835..200K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/200. S2CID 30738573.
External links[edit]
- Simulated view of the Wolf 1061 system. Video created by the University of New South Wales
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