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Hubble to Image Extrasolar Planet Directly?

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18 years 2 months ago #33960 by Keith g
Next year, a close extrasolar planet may be imaged from a nearby star by hubble !

www.universetoday.com/2006/10/09/hubble-...n-extrasolar-planet/

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18 years 2 months ago #34073 by Maddad
It's about half way between the orbit's of Jupiter ( mars.sgi.com/worlds/CyberMarz/Jupiter/HTML/index.html ) and Ceres ( www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004499.html ), judging by its year compared to theirs. That of course assumes it's parent's star masses what ours does, a dangerous bet. Hmmm. 85 percent of Sol's mass, according to www.solstation.com/stars/eps-erid.htm . That would push it's orbit out a tad towar's Jupiter's range. The star's a low metal being, meaning that it probably will have a hard time supporting its own life, even after it gets to be as old as Sol.

Don't mind me; I'm just mulling over the finding.

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