Talk:51 Pegasi

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I've added some details from the German wiki article, but left out a paragraph on Dr. David Latham speculating on a second planet around 51 Peg. I do recall discussion on a second planet from detailed analysis of the doppler plots, but cannot now find believable references, and all reliable sources just list the one 51 Peg b.

Some intersting references:

[edit] 51 Peg c

I don't think the very hypothetical planet 51 Pegasi c should be included to this article until it is confirmed or at least it has more evidence. Just a blog entry isn't enough!--Jyril 06:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. In addition the designation "51 Pegasi c" isn't official either, so we probably shouldn't be using it. Chaos syndrome 20:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Temperature

The 1295 K value looks like it has been taken from Extrasolar Visions. This is a speculative calculated value based on several simplifying assumptions. In addition, when I do the calculation myself using the values for star temperature, radius, planet semimajor axis and bond albedo presented on the Extrasolar Visions website, I do not get this value. The temperature of the planet has not been measured but presenting it here makes it seem as though it has. Unless the value can be found in the scientific literature, I feel it is best to leave such speculative values out of the article. Chaos syndrome 11:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)