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Planets Around Pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

A. Wolszczan
A. Wolszczan*
Affiliation:
Penn State University, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics 525 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.

Abstract

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A discovery of three terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the millisecond pulsar PSR B1257+12 and a subsequent detection of the predicted effect of gravitational interaction between the two more massive planets confirms that the first extrasolar planetary system has been identified and that pulsars can be successfully used as probes of planetary dynamics. In the absence of detections of planet-sized objects around Sun-like stars, planets orbiting a precise pulsar clock represent a unique source of information concerning the origin and evolution of planetary systems.

Type
4 Radio Pulsars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 165: Compact Stars in Binaries , 1996 , pp. 187 - 196
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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