79 Ceti b (also known as ''HD 16141 b'') is an
extrasolar planet orbiting
79 Ceti every 75
day
A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours, 1440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds. In everyday life, the word "day" often refers to a solar day, which is the length between two so ...
s. Discovered along with
HD 46375 b
HD 46375 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 109 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros, orbiting the star HD 46375. With 79 Ceti b on March 29, 2000, it was joint first known extrasolar planet less massive than Saturn ...
on March 29, 2000, it was the joint first known extrasolar planet to have
minimum mass less than the mass of
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth; h ...
.
See also
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94 Ceti b
References
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External links
SolStation: 79 CetiExtrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: HD 16141
Cetus (constellation)
Exoplanets discovered in 2000
Giant planets
Exoplanets detected by radial velocity
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