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Wolf 1061b

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Wolf 1061 b
Discovery
Discovered byUniversity of New South Wales, Australia
Discovery siteEuropean Southern Observatory
Discovery dateDecember 18, 2015
Radial Velocity
Orbital characteristics
0.035509 (± 7e-06)[1] AU
Eccentricity0
4.8876 (± 0.0014) d
StarWolf 1061
Physical characteristics
≥1.44[2] R🜨
Mass≥1.36[2] ME

Wolf 1061b is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Wolf 1061 in the Ophiuchus constellation, about 13.8 light years from Earth. It is the first planet in order from its host star in a triple planetary system, and has an orbital period of nearly 5 days. The planet orbits too close to its star for it to be in the habitable zone.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Wolf 1061 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. 1995. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  2. ^ a b "Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  3. ^ Kane, Stephen R; Kaspar von Braun; Henry, Gregory W; Waters, Miranda A; Boyajian, Tabetha S; Mann, Andrew W (2016). "Characterization of the Wolf 1061 Planetary System". The Astrophysical Journal. 835 (2): 200. arXiv:1612.09324. Bibcode:2017ApJ...835..200K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/200. S2CID 30738573.
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