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PSR B1257+12

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Also known as PSR 1257+12, Lich, PSR1257+12

pulsar located around 2300 light-years from the Sun in Virgo constellation

Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
13 00 03.1075
Declination
+12 ° 40 ′ 55.155 ″
Evolutionary stage
Pulsar

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
pulsar
Named after
lich
Constellation
Virgo
Child body
PSR B1257+12 c
Distance from Earth
710
Mass
0.012
Orbital period
98.2114
Image
Artist's concept of PSR B1257+12 system.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1990-01-01
catalog code
PSR J1300+1240
discoverer or inventor
Aleksander Wolszczan
site of astronomical discovery
Arecibo Observatory
right ascension
195.01294792
declination
12.68198750
parallax
1.41
epoch
J2000.0
name
Lich
Commons category
PSR B1257+12
different from
Lich
age estimated by a dating method
1
right ascension component of proper motion
46.44
declination component of proper motion
-84.87
spectral class
PSR
orbital inclination
47
orbital eccentricity
0.0252
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.46
time of periapsis
2449765.5
argument of periapsis
108.3
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Article · Nederlands

PSR B1257+12 (Lich)is een pulsar, ongeveer 980 lichtjaar van ons vandaan in het sterrenbeeld Maagd. Er zijn vier exoplaneten gevonden die om deze ster draaien, één daarvan is nog niet bevestigd.

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