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  2. List of exoplanet firsts - Wikipedia

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    First evidence for exoplanet to receive later confirmation. First exoplanets to be confirmed PSR B1257+12 B PSR B1257+12 C: PSR B1257+12: 1992 First super-Earths. [1] These exoplanets orbit a pulsar. First confirmed exoplanet around normal star 51 Pegasi b: 51 Pegasi: 1995 First convincing exoplanet discovered around a Sun-like star. [2]

  3. Discoveries of exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    The first confirmation of an exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star was made in 1995, when a giant planet was found in a four-day orbit around the nearby star 51 Pegasi. Some exoplanets have been imaged directly by telescopes, but the vast majority have been detected through indirect methods, such as the transit method and the radial-velocity ...

  4. 51 Pegasi b - Wikipedia

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    51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium / d ɪ ˈ m ɪ d i ə m /, is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years (15 parsecs) away in the constellation of Pegasus.It was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, [2] the Sun-like 51 Pegasi, and marked a breakthrough in astronomical research.

  5. List of exoplanets discovered before 2000 - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of exoplanets discovered before 2000. [1] ... HD 114762 b was once considered as the first discovered exoplanet. Found in 1989 by a team led by David ...

  6. Astronomers Invented a Genius New Way to Look for Exoplanets

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  7. 51 Pegasi - Wikipedia

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    51 Pegasi b (51 Peg b) was the first discovered exoplanet around a main-sequence star. It orbits very close to the star, experiences estimated temperatures around 1,200 °C (1,500 K; 2,200 °F) and has a mass at least half that of Jupiter .

  8. 15-year-old makes the epic discovery of a new planet that's ...

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    At just 15 years old, Tom Wagg discovered what astronomers only began to find 20 years ago — a planet far from Earth, outside of our solar system. Wagg is one of the youngest to ever detect a ...

  9. Shiniest exoplanet ever found has reflective metal clouds - AOL

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    A European Space Agency satellite has observed the shiniest exoplanet ever discovered. The scorching world has reflective clouds made of silicates and titanium. Shiniest exoplanet ever found has ...