Mu_Arae_e

Mu Arae e

Mu Arae e

Extrasolar planet in the constellation Ara

Mu Arae e, also known as HD 160691 e, later named Sancho /ˈsæntʃoʊ/,[2] is one of the four extrasolar planets orbiting the star Mu Arae of the constellation Ara.

Quick Facts Discovery, Discovered by ...

Naming

In July 2014 the International Astronomical Union launched NameExoWorlds, a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars.[3] The process involved public nomination and voting for the new names.[4] In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning name was Sancho for this planet.[5] The winning name was submitted by the Planetario de Pamplona, Spain. Sancho was the squire of the lead character of the novel Don Quixote.[6]

Orbit

The planet's discovery was announced on June 13, 2002. Mu Arae e is a gas giant at least 1.8 times as massive as Jupiter. The planet orbits at Jupiter-like distance at 5.235 AU.

References

  1. [1]
    Pepe, F.; Correia, A. C. M.; Mayor, M.; Tamuz, O.; et al. (2007). "The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. VIII. μ Arae, a system with four planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 462 (2): 769–776. arXiv:astro-ph/0608396. Bibcode:2007A&A...462..769P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066194. S2CID 59157984.
  2. [2]
    "Sancho". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. [3]
    NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars. IAU.org. 9 July 2014
  4. [4]
    "NameExoWorlds The Process". Archived from the original on 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  5. [5]
    Final Results of NameExoWorlds Public Vote Released, International Astronomical Union, 15 December 2015.
  6. [6]
    "NameExoWorlds The Approved Names". Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-03.


Stub icon

This extrasolar-planet-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Mu_Arae_e, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.