61 Virginis c
61 Virginis c (abbreviated 61 Vir c) is an exoplanet orbiting the 5th apparent-magnitude G-type main-sequence star 61 Virginis in the constellation Virgo. 61 Virginis c has a minimum mass of 18.2 times that of Earth and orbits one-fifth the distance to the star as Earth orbits the Sun, at a precise distance of 0.2175 AU with an eccentricity of 0.14. This planet would most likely be a gas giant like Uranus and Neptune. This planet was discovered on 14 December 2009 from using a precise radial velocity method taken at Keck and Anglo-Australian Observatories.
Q44559
exoplanet
Concept
Q124313
apparent-magnitude
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Q5864
G-type main-sequence star
Concept
Q81069
61 Virginis
CEL
Q8842
Virgo
CEL
Q2306635
minimum mass
Concept
Q121750
gas giant
Concept
Q324
Uranus
CEL
Q332
Neptune
CEL
Q2273386
radial velocity method
Concept
Q210997
Keck
MISC
Q2608932
Anglo-Australian Observatories
LOC
Q1348646
61 Virginis c
Concept
Q1348646
61 Virginis c
Concept
2009-12-14T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
14 December 2009
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5
NUMBER
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0.14
NUMBER
instance of
parent astronomical body
constellation
constellation