18 Delphini b

18 Delphini b, Arion

So luminous that it is faintly visible to the naked eye, 18 Delphini b is a gas giant exoplanet in the constellation Delphinus. This exoplanet has a mass of 10.3 Jupiters, and was detected in 2008 through radial velocity measurements. Also known as Doppler spectroscopy, this method is used to locate extrasolar planets and works by measuring the light spectrum and searching for periodic shifts towards the blue or red. Layers of color and a reimagining of the spectrum inspired this painting.

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Artist

Eva Bod ’20

Curated Resources

18 Delphini b, Exoplanet Catalog, Exoplanet Exploration, NASA

18 Delphini b, Eyes on Exoplanets, Exoplanet Exploration, NASA

Bun’ei Sato, Hideyuki Izumiura, Eri Toyota, Eiji Kambe, Masahiro Ikoma, Masashi Omiya, Seiji Masuda, Yoichi Takeda, Daisuke Murata, Yoichi Itoh, Hiroyasu Ando, Michitoshi Yoshida, Eiichiro Kokubo, & Shigeru Ida, “Planetary Companions around Three Intermediate-Mass G and K Giants: 18 Delphini, ξ Aquilae, and HD 81688”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 25 June 2008

“Your Guide to Exoplanets,” The Planetary Society

“The Different Kind of Exoplanets You Meet in the Milky Way,” The Planetary Society

“How to Search for Exoplanets”, The Planetary Society

“What Is the Habitable Zone?,” The Planetary Society