PSR B1257+12b is in orbit around a pulsar, while 51 Pegasus is in orbit around a main sequence star. That is why a distinction is made. Opinions in the scientific community are split on the definition of a planet, which is why there is still a debate over the classification of Pluto as a “dwarf planet”. This documentary’s position is based on the definition that states that the body must be in orbit around a star. Such a position regards PSR B1257+12b to be a “pulsar planet”, not a planet in the conventional sense. The first suspected detection was actually in 1988, which was later confirmed using the methods of the Swiss team. In my opinion, PSR B1257+12b is not a planet, but I congratulate the Polish team on the discovery, which was no less significant than that of the Swiss.
You could have just asked an alien abductee from the 1960’s or 70’s. They would have saved you a lot of time, money and one-eye squinting into telescopes.
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Congrats on Finding Beleraphon on my Birth Year Mr. Mayor and Mr. Queloz, this discovery shall forever shock mankind, thank you!
What about the discovery of two planets around pulsar PSR B1257+12 in 1992 by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail ?
So wrong !! Mayor is not the first ! It's Aleksander Wolszczan (1990-1992 with PSR B1257+12b)
PSR B1257+12b is in orbit around a pulsar, while 51 Pegasus is in orbit around a main sequence star. That is why a distinction is made.
Opinions in the scientific community are split on the definition of a planet, which is why there is still a debate over the classification of Pluto as a “dwarf planet”.
This documentary’s position is based on the definition that states that the body must be in orbit around a star.
Such a position regards PSR B1257+12b to be a “pulsar planet”, not a planet in the conventional sense.
The first suspected detection was actually in 1988, which was later confirmed using the methods of the Swiss team.
In my opinion, PSR B1257+12b is not a planet, but I congratulate the Polish team on the discovery, which was no less significant than that of the Swiss.
3:49 Waiting for a star to fall...
Michel Mayor aime les pâtes au thon au exoplanète
You could have just asked an alien abductee from the 1960’s or 70’s. They would have saved you a lot of time, money and one-eye squinting into telescopes.
Dont? know English, don't worry, aqui en español: ua-cam.com/video/Cnqg5o6G1Pw/v-deo.html