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Pi Mensae b

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Pi Mensae b (π Men b, π Mensae b), also known as HD 39091 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 59 light-years away in the constellation of Mensa. [1]

26 relations: Anglo-Australian Planet Search, Anglo-Australian Telescope, Apsis, Astronomer, Brown dwarf, Circumstellar habitable zone, Constellation, Discovery (observation), Doppler spectroscopy, Exoplanet, Geoffrey Marcy, Gliese 777 b, HD 70642 b, Jupiter, Light-year, Mensa (constellation), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Orbital inclination, Pi Mensae, R. Paul Butler, Revolution, Semi-major and semi-minor axes, Solar System, Subgiant, The Astrophysical Journal, 30 Arietis Bb.

Anglo-Australian Planet Search

The Anglo-Australian Planet Search or (AAPS) is a long-term astronomical survey started in 1998 and continuing to the present.

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Anglo-Australian Telescope

The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia at an altitude of a little over 1,100 m.

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Apsis

An apsis (ἁψίς; plural apsides, Greek: ἁψῖδες) is an extreme point in the orbit of an object.

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Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that occupy the mass range between the heaviest gas giant planets and the lightest stars, having masses between approximately 13 to 75–80 times that of Jupiter, or approximately to about.

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Circumstellar habitable zone

In astronomy and astrobiology, the circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ), or simply the habitable zone, is the range of orbits around a star within which a planetary surface can support liquid water given sufficient atmospheric pressure.

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Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.

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Discovery (observation)

Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something "old" that had been unrecognized as meaningful.

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Doppler spectroscopy

Doppler spectroscopy (also known as the radial-velocity method, or colloquially, the wobble method) is an indirect method for finding extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs from radial-velocity measurements via observation of Doppler shifts in the spectrum of the planet's parent star.

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Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.

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Geoffrey Marcy

Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer.

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Gliese 777 b

Gliese 777 b, also known as Gliese 777 Ab or HD 190360 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 52 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus.

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HD 70642 b

HD 70642 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 70642 at 3.23 AU distance and takes 5.66 years to revolve.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

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Mensa (constellation)

Mensa is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere near the south celestial pole, one of twelve constellations drawn up in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Orbital inclination

Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.

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Pi Mensae

Pi Mensae (π Men), also known as HD 39091, is a yellow dwarf star in the constellation of Mensa.

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R. Paul Butler

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Revolution

In political science, a revolution (Latin: revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolt against the government, typically due to perceived oppression (political, social, economic).

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Semi-major and semi-minor axes

In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the widest points of the perimeter.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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Subgiant

A subgiant is a star that is brighter than a normal main-sequence star of the same spectral class, but not as bright as true giant stars.

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The Astrophysical Journal

The Astrophysical Journal, often abbreviated ApJ (pronounced "ap jay") in references and speech, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics and astronomy, established in 1895 by American astronomers George Ellery Hale and James Edward Keeler.

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30 Arietis Bb

30 Arietis Bb (sometimes abbreviated 30 Ari Bb) is an extrasolar planet which orbits the F-type main sequence star 30 Arietis B, located in a quadruple star system approximately 129 light years away in the constellation Aries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Mensae_b

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