Extrasolar planets Extrasolar planets 14 Herculis is a star with a planet orbiting around it, making it a planetary system. It is 59 light years from Earth, and cannot be seen with the naked eye. Its mass is 79% of that of the Sun.Its single planet is called 14 Herculis b. With recently discovered 14 Herculis c ...more on Wikipedia about "14 Herculis"
16 Cygni is a double star system 69.8 light years from Earth. It has two components widely separated by 700 AUs. The orbital period of the system is at least 18,000 years. One of the components, 16 Cygni B is known to be orbited by a planet. ...more on Wikipedia about "16 Cygni"
2M1207b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the brown dwarf 2M1207A, a star in the constellation Hydra approximately 200 light years from Earth. Notable as one of the first extrasolar planets to be directly observed (by infrared imaging), it was discovered in early 2005 by the Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile by a team from European Southern Observatory led by Gael Chauvin. It is believed to be about five times the mass of Jupiter and orbits its sun at a distance nearly twice as far as Neptune is from the Earth's Sun. ...more on Wikipedia about "2M1207b"
51 Pegasi b (informal name Bellerophon) is the first planet discovered around a sun-like star outside of the solar system. It is the prototypical hot Jupiter. It orbits the star 51 Pegasi in the Pegasus constellation. ...more on Wikipedia about "51 Pegasi b"
54 Piscium (abbreviated 54 Psc) is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation of Pisces. It is classified as a orange dwarf star ( spectral class K0 V) and is somewhat less massive and luminous than our Sun. The star is relatively nearby, distance being only 36 light years. It is visible to the unaided eye under very good conditions. A planet was found orbiting the star in 2003. The star is also suspected to be variable in brightness. ...more on Wikipedia about "54 Piscium"
70 Virignis b is an eccentric Jupiter type extrasolar planet which orbits 70 Virginis a subgiant star approximately 59 light years away. At the time of discovery, it was believed that the star was only 29 ly away resulting in the star being less luminous based on its apparent magnitude. As a result the planet's orbit was thought to be in the habitable zone and the planet was nicknamed Goldilocks (not too cold or too hot). The Hipparcos satellite later showed that the star was more distant and therefore brighter resulting in the planet being too hot to be in the habital zone. ...more on Wikipedia about "70 Virginis b"
79 Ceti (abbreviated 79 Cet) is a 7th magnitude star in the constellation of Cetus. It is a yellow subgiant ( spectral class G5 IV), a Sun-like star that has stopped hydrogen fusion in its core. This implies an age much higher than our Sun's 4.5 billion years. Eventually the outer layers of the star will expand and cool and the star will become a red giant. Currently 79 Ceti has a luminosity twice that of the Sun. ...more on Wikipedia about "79 Ceti" Everybody should like http://www.shortopedia.com
83 Leonis (83 Leo) a wide binary star system in the constellation of Leo. It consist of two orange stars cooler than our Sun. The primary is a orange subgiant star, and the secondary is orange dwarf star. In 2005 a planet was announced orbiting the secondary star. ...more on Wikipedia about "83 Leonis"
(BD-10°3166) BD-10°3166 is a dim 10th magnitude star in the constellation of Crater. Like the Sun, it is a yellow dwarf, but is slightly more massive ( spectral type G4 V; some sources give unlikely type K0 V). It was inconspicuous enough not be included in the Henry Draper (HD) catalogue. Nor did Hipparcos satellite study it, so its true distance is poorly known. If the star has a luminosity similar to the Sun, the distance is between 300 and 600 light years. ...more on Wikipedia about "BD-10°3166"
Cohen-kuhi Tau/4 is a star 420 light-years away from Earth in the Taurus Constellation where in August 2005 Joel Green and Dan Watson discovered an irregularity in the star's brightness to wavelength spectrum while using the Spitzer Space Telescope. After gathering all pertinant data and being confirmed by other scientists it was announced that Cohen-kuhi Tau/4 had a planetary disk orbiting the star, both of which have an age of about a million years. The discovery has changed much of what was previously assumed about extrasolar planet formation as its age is about a tenth of what was previously caped at for its development with a mass vastly smaller than previously theorized. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cohen-kuhi Tau/4"
Epsilon Eridani (ε Eri / ε Eridani) is a main-sequence K2 class star in the constellation of Eridanus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Epsilon Eridani"
Epsilon Reticuli (ε Ret / ε Reticuli) is a 4th magnitude star in the constellation Reticulum. The system is a binary, the primary component being an orange subgiant, and the secondary is probably a red dwarf. The primary star should be easily visible without optical aid under dark skies in southern hemisphere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Epsilon Reticuli"
ET-1 is an extrasolar planet orbiting HD 102195, discovered in January 2006. It is the first planet discovered by the Exoplanet Tracker project, using a dispersed fixed-delay interferometer. The planet is an example of a hot Jupiter. ...more on Wikipedia about "ET-1 (planet)"
Eta² Hydri (η² Hyi / η² Hydri) is a 5th magnitude star in the constellation Hydrus. Based on its mass, η² Hydri was probably a class A star (similar to Vega or Fomalhaut) when it was on the main sequence, though it is now in the giant stage of its evolution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eta² Hydri" Fast www.shortopedia.com
An extrasolar planet (or exoplanet) is a planet which orbits a star other than the Sun, and therefore belongs to a planetary system other than our solar system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Extrasolar planet"
Gamma Cephei (γ Cep / γ Cephei) is a star in the constellation Cepheus. It also has the traditional name Alrai, also known as Errai (or Er Rai). ...more on Wikipedia about "Gamma Cephei"
Gliese 3021 is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation Hydrus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gliese 3021"
GJ 436 ( Gliese-Jahreiss 436, also known as Gl 436, Gliese 436), is a dim 11th magnitude red dwarf star about 30 light years from Earth in the constellation of Leo. It is orbited by a recently discovered planet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gliese 436"
GQ Lupi b is a possible extrasolar planet orbiting the star GQ Lupi. At its discovery in 2005, it was believed to be the first extrasolar planet to be directly imaged, although 2M1207b may also claim that distinction. The image was made with the VLT telescope at Paranal Observatory, Chile in April 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "GQ Lupi b"
HD 101930 is a dim 8th magnitude star in the constellation of Centaurus. It is an orange dwarf ( spectral class K1 V), somewhat dimmer and cooler than our Sun. ...more on Wikipedia about "HD 101930"
HD 102117 is a yellow dwarf star ( spectral type G6 V) about 130 light years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. Although it is cooler than our Sun it is brighter and thus more evolved. It is orbited by a recently discovered planet. ...more on Wikipedia about "HD 102117"
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HD 102195 is an orange main sequence star in the constellation Virgo. ...more on Wikipedia about "HD 102195"
HD 107146 is a G2V ( yellow dwarf) star, located 88 light years from Earth. In 2004, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope detected the presence of a disc of dust surrounding the star, the first time such a phenomenon has been detected around a star of similar spectral type and age as the Sun, which also had a detectable planetary system. Observations have given the age of the star at between 80 and 200 Myr. ...more on Wikipedia about "HD 107146"
HD 108147 is a 7th magnitude star in the constellation of Crux. It is either a yellow-white or yellow dwarf (the line is arbitrary and the colour difference is only from classification, not real), slightly brighter and more massive than our Sun. The spectral type is F8 V or G0 V. The star is also younger than the Sun. Due to its distance, about 130 light years, it is too dim to be visible with unaided eye; with binoculars it is an easy target. However, due to its southerly location it is not visible in the northern hemisphere except for the tropics. ...more on Wikipedia about "HD 108147"
HD 114386 is a 9th magnitude star in the constellation of Centaurus. It is an orange dwarf, and rather dim compared to our Sun. To see it, one needs telescope or good binoculars. ...more on Wikipedia about "HD 114386"
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