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Post by mizuhime on Mar 22, 2005 23:36:16 GMT -5
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Post by zafar on Mar 25, 2005 22:44:32 GMT -5
wow this is like so freacken kool. What a good link. is it just me or is this makeing you very excited? we have found that there is still more resurch going on. some thing like this just reminds me that reality is so much cooler. there so close to there star its four days a year, wow. ok im done ranting.
~Zafar
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Post by Enchant on Mar 26, 2005 19:45:52 GMT -5
wow this is like so freacken kool. What a good link. is it just me or is this makeing you very excited? we have found that there is still more resurch going on. some thing like this just reminds me that reality is so much cooler. there so close to there star its four days a year, wow. ok im done ranting. ~Zafar That it is...It is very exciting, to know that anything is possible and that all the advancements we have made technically is starting to produce some result....two planets the size of Jupiter no doubt, they are huge...
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Post by Enchant on Apr 3, 2005 13:26:43 GMT -5
Astronomy and Deep Space First confirmed image of extrasolar planet Friday, 1 April, 2005 After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned. And this time they're sure.The planet is thought to be one to two times as massive as Jupiter. It orbits a star similar to a young version of our Sun.The star, GQ Lupi, has been observed by a team of European astronomers since 1999. They have watched the gravitational wobble that the planet induces on the star, and they've made two images using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile. The Hubble Space Telescope and the Japanese Subaru Telescope each contributed an image, too.The work was led by Ralph Neuhaeuser of the Astrophysical Institute & University Observatory (AIU)."The detection of the faint object near the bright star is certain," Neuhaeuser told SPACE.com on Friday. The system is young, so the planet is rather warm, like a bun fresh out of the oven. That warmth made it comparatively easier to see in the glare of its host star compared with more mature planets. Also, the planet is very far from the star -- about 100 times the distance between Earth and the Sun, another factor in helping to separate the light between the two objects.The discovery will be detailed in an upcoming issue of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Neuhaeuser's co-authors include Ph.D. student Markus Mugrauer, who performed the observations, and Guenther Wuchterl. This is very cool.... ;D
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