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Exoplanets around pulsar PSR B1257+12

by

Ron Miller/Novapix

Reference

a-exo99-65103

Date

2017-01-07

PSR B1257+12, also named Lich, is a pulsar located 2300 light years from the Sun in the constellation of Virgo.
The pulsar has a planetary system with three known extrasolar planets, named "Draugr" (PSR B1257+12 A), "Poltergeist" (PSR B1257+12 B) and "Phobetor" (PSR B1257+12 C), respectively. They were both the first extrasolar planets and the first pulsar planets to be discovered; A and B in 1992 and C in 1994.