Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Exoplanet Found by Astrometry Not Really There?

Written by Nancy Atkinson
In May 2009, astronomers were jubilant: finally, an extra solar planet had been found by using the method of astrometry.� That’s great, except, they may not have found a planet after all. Researchers from JPL reported they found a Jupiter-like planet around a star smaller than our sun.
But follow-up observations of the [...]



Full story at http://spacefellowship.com/2009/12/09/exoplanet-found-by-astrometry-not-really-there/

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