A Whole New World
The planet in this picture is called 51 Peg b. It isn’t a very exciting name, but it’s the name of an exciting planet! 51 Peg b was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting around a normal star (like our Sun) and the first to be seen directly in visible light.
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ESO/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)
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