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47 Ursae Majoris d

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Discoverer(s)
  
Gregory and Fischer

Discovery status
  
Confirmed

Discovery date
  
6 March 2010

Discovery site
  
United States

47 Ursae Majoris d

47 Ursae Majoris d (sometimes abbreviated 47 Uma d) is an extrasolar planet approximately 46 light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. The planet was discovered located in a long-period orbit (38 years) around the star 47 Ursae Majoris. As of 2011, it is the outermost of three known planets in its planetary system. It has a mass of at least 1.64 times that of Jupiter. It is the longest-period planet detected by Doppler spectroscopy. The evidence of this planet was found by Bayesian Kepler periodogram in March 2010.

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47 Ursae Majoris d Wikipedia