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Large planet found outside solar system
Barcelona, Spain (UPI) Sep 16, 2009 A rocky planet, five times larger than Earth, has been found outside the solar system, researchers reported Wednesday at a meeting in Spain. Astronomer Artie Hatzes told CNN the planet has a composition that is similar to Earth but is much hotter because it is so close to the star it orbits. Project leader Didier Queloz of Geneva Observatory in Switzerland said "the place may well look like Dante's Inferno, with a probable temperature on its 'day face' above 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit (2,000 degrees Celsius) and minus-328 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-200 degrees Celsius) on its night face." The planet, known as CoRoT-7b is about 500 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn, the report said. it was first detected early last year by the European Space Agency's CoRoT satellite. They findings will be published in a special issue of the Astronomy and Astrophysics journal on Oct. 22. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Scientists wonder about planet's locationNewcastle-Under-Lyme, England (UPI) Aug 27, 2009 British scientists are trying to determine why a Jupiter-style planet orbiting close to its sun has not spiraled into the star and burned up. Wasp-18b is so close to the star Wasp-18 that it completes its orbit in less than an Earth-length day, astrophysicists at Keele University in Staffordshire say. In an article in Nature, they say standard astronomical theories hold the planet shoul ... read more |
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