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47 Ursae Majoris > 47 Ursae Majoris b > 47 Ursae Majoris c  

Name[]

  • 47 Ursae Majoris b
    • Also called, 47 Uma b[1]

Discovery date[]

Discoverers[]

  • Geoffrey Marcy[2]
  • R. Paul Butler[2]

Orbiting[]

Characteristics[]

About the exoplanet[]

  • It was the first long-period planet around a main sequence star to be discovered.[2]
  • Unlike the majority of known long-period extrasolar planets, the eccentricity of the orbit of 47 Ursae Majoris b is low, meaning that the planet's orbit is nearly spherical.[2]

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