Talk:Gamma Cephei Ab
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Year of first report possibly incorrect edit
This page mentions in several places that the exoplanet in question was first suspected to exist in 1988. I noticed that the date wasn't cited, so I went looking for a citation. However, what I found was this article, which seems to say that it was in fact suspected by 1987:
... by 1987, they believed they were seeing something no earthling had before - stellar wobbles caused by orbiting planets. That summer, at a press conference at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Vancouver, Mr. Campbell announced their preliminary results. They showed a half-dozen stellar wobbles, but one star's motion was particularly intriguing: that of gamma Cephei. It was a fitting star for the Canadians. Bright and located 45 light years away, gamma Cephei is visible from Canada year-round, shining in the night sky near Polaris, the pole star. Mr. Campbell described how, from their detailed measurements, they'd seen that gamma Cephei had a periodic 2.5-year-long wobble. As viewed from Earth, the star appeared to move toward us and then away - evidence, they thought, of a gravitational waltz with an otherwise invisible exoplanet. ...
I did also find this paper, published in 1988, which may be where the 1988 year is coming from. I don't want to make a change like this without consensus in case there's something I'm missing. I hope this seeming discrepancy can be solved easily.