Keyword: extrasolar planet
Fomalhaut Dust Disk Indicates Planets
11.10.2002
The 47 Ursae Majoris System
17.08.2001
11.10.2002
One of the brightest stars on the sky likely has planets. Fomalhaut, actually the 17th brightest star in the night sky, is a mere 22 light-years away but only a fraction of the age of our Sun.
The 47 Ursae Majoris System
17.08.2001
Watching and waiting, astronomers have uncovered the presence of more than 70 planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. So far almost all these extrasolar planets have crazy elongated orbits, lie uncomfortably close to their parent stars, or are found in bizarre, inhospitable systems.
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