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Astronomers capture photo of extrasolar planet
'First directly imaged and confirmed companion to a sun-like star'
By Robert Roy Britt
SPACE.comexternal link
Friday, April 1, 2005 Posted: 1:40 PM EST (1840 GMT)
(SPACE.com) -- After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned.
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.
full story at http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/01/extrasolar.planet.photo/index.html
thanks tohammercock for pointing this out!
heliopsis!Astronomers capture photo of extrasolar planet
'First directly imaged and confirmed companion to a sun-like star'
By Robert Roy Britt
SPACE.comexternal link
Friday, April 1, 2005 Posted: 1:40 PM EST (1840 GMT)
(SPACE.com) -- After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned.
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.
full story at http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/01/extrasolar.planet.photo/index.html
thanks to
hammercock for pointing this out!
