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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

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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 · 中文

PSR B1257+12,前稱為PSR 1257+12,又稱為PSR J1300+1240,又名「巫妖星」(Lich),是一顆位於室女座的脈衝星,距離太陽大約2,300光年。 這顆脈衝星受到注意的地方,在於它擁有一行星系,現時已知有三顆行星圍繞其運行,這些行星也是首批被發現的太陽系外行星。 這顆脈衝星最先於1990年由波蘭天文學家亞歷山大·沃爾茲森(Aleksander Wolszczan),於1990年以位於波多黎各阿雷西博的射電望遠鏡發現的。它屬於毫秒脈衝星,為中子星的一種,自轉週期為6.22毫秒,但他卻發現其脈衝信號出現不尋常,遂對它作更深入的觀測。

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