First picture of a planet around another star

Rsv1000R · 11-14-2008, 02:09 PM

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-211

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November 13, 2008

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The team of astronomers who made the discovery includes researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis, or the "Southern Fish."

fnfalman · 11-14-2008, 02:29 PM

Is that the Cylon home world?

Papa_Complex · 11-14-2008, 02:34 PM

Co-incidence? I think not!

Trip · 11-14-2008, 02:35 PM

hhahahahhahahha papa

OneSickPsycho · 11-15-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Co-incidence? I think not!

I was thinking the same shit...

Particle Man · 11-15-2008, 11:27 PM

3 times jupiter's mass huh... no wonder we can see it, holy crap

DreaminR6 · 11-16-2008, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Co-incidence? I think not!

Thats the first thing that popped into my mind.

11-14-2008, 02:29 PM	#2
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11-15-2008, 11:27 PM	#6
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	3 times jupiter's mass huh... no wonder we can see it, holy crap __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

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