51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium, is an extrasolar planet about 50 light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It was the first planet discovered orbiting a main-sequence, Sun-like star and became the prototype for the class of planets known as hot Jupiters.
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Wikimedia Foundation51 Pegasi b, lead section
represents the prototype for a class of planets called hot Jupiters
51 Pegasi b, infobox (Discovery date)
October 6, 1995
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51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium (), is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years (15 parsecs) away in the Pegasus constellation.
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In Group: Hot Jupiters, Lead sentence
It is the prototype for a class of planets called hot Jupiters.
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