HD 50554 b is a Jupiter-sized
extrasolar planet with
minimum mass 4.4 times that of
Jupiter. The planet was announced in 2001 by the
European Southern Observatory
The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, commonly referred to as the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental research organisation made up of 16 mem ...
and confirmed in 2002 using observations from the
Lick
Lick may refer to:
* Licking, the action of passing the tongue over a surface
Places
* Lick (crater), a crater on the Moon named after James Lick
* 1951 Lick, an asteroid named after James Lick
* Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United State ...
and
Keck telescopes.
See also
*
HD 50499 b
References
External links
*
Gemini (constellation)
Giant planets
Exoplanets discovered in 2001
Exoplanets detected by radial velocity
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