Comments on: Major extrasolar planet announcement Wednesday

By: phentermine

phentermine — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:53:57 +0000

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By: Wolverine’s Den » Blog Archive » Exo-verted

Wolverine’s Den » Blog Archive » Exo-verted — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:01:51 +0000

[…] Phil Plait has posted on the Bad Astronomy Blog that tomorrow we’ll see a big announcement from ESA regarding the discovery of a new extrasolar planet. […]

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:13:18 +0000

But still they come.

By: SFwriter

SFwriter — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:51:06 +0000

Nigel Depledge Says:
January 25th, 2006 at 11:46 am

Oh, come off it! The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one â€¦
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Yeah, next you’ll be trying to sell me a handful of “real” comet dust, straight from the comet!

By: rvr

rvr — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:14:06 +0000

The two official press releases are http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=105759 and http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-03-06.html

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:10:10 +0000

Megan: Thanks for the link. Now I see. Sort of. What it doesn’t describe however are what are the constrataints on that configuration. Lots of questions pop up.

Any info on min/max distances (does the target have to be a minimum distance away), alignment accuracy, plane of planetary alignment, etc? Do they know anything about the source star, or does one just look for a “halo” first, and if there is one then start looking for planets?

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:46:39 +0000

aiabx said:
“My guess is strange flashing lights on Mars.
Time to check with my insurance agent and see if my house coverage includes giant tripods with heat rays”

Oh, come off it! The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one …