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Exoplanets around pulsar PSR B1257+12

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-65103

Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 32 cm

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.

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1992 - ASTRONOMY - EXOPLANET - ILLUSTRATION - NEUTRON STAR - PLANET - PSR B1257+12 - PSR B1257+12 b - PSR B1257+12 c - PULSAR - VIRGO -