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Contains the first planet discovered by the Anglo-Australian Planet Search, which is also the first exoplanet whose Magnetic Field was observed. This tidally locked Hot Jupiter was also found to have supersonic winds that caused the eternal night-side hemisphere to be as hot as the day-side one. This system is also the first observed to have planet-induced stellar X-ray activity.

HD 179949 System Web Pages[]

HD 179949 System Artwork[]

HD 179949 System In the News[]

First Exoplanet Discovered By The Anglo-Australian Planet Search (Dec 2000)[]

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/journal/issues/ApJ/v551n1/53098/53098.html?erFrom=-4210531068511350182Guest

First Exoplanet Magnetic Field Detected (Jan 2004)[]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/19planet/
http://skytonight.com/news/3308581.html?page=1&c=y

Supersonic Wind Causes Uniform Temperature (2007)[]

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070109_superwind_planets.html
http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=29397

Planet-Induced Stellar X-Ray Activity Detected (2007)[]

http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3270 http://www.extrasolar.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1701

HD 179949 System Fun Links[]

System Factoids[]

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HD 179949 Star Factoids[]

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Planet b Star Factoids[]

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Map of HD 179949 System[]

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