First direct image of an extrasolar planet
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Hello again, while Spain is looking forward to the World Cup semi-final this afternoon, and entertaining part of the country running away from bulls in San Fermin (sigh ¬ ¬) is I happened to write this post about a story I read the July 4, good news for amateur astronomers: It makes the first direct observation of an extrasolar planet.
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For those who do not know, an extrasolar planet (or exoplanet) is a planet in another star system, so it is very difficult to detect due to the brightness of the star it orbits. There are several methods of detection, but so far not been able to obtain a direct image of any of these planets.
The planet called 1RXS J160929.1-210524b (pictured above little light on the left) is quite large and has about 8 times the mass of Jupiter. It orbits the star of the same name (without the "b" end), a star much younger than our Sun, in the constellation Scorpius.
(click on image to enlarge)
For those who do not know, an extrasolar planet (or exoplanet) is a planet in another star system, so it is very difficult to detect due to the brightness of the star it orbits. There are several methods of detection, but so far not been able to obtain a direct image of any of these planets.
The planet called 1RXS J160929.1-210524b (pictured above little light on the left) is quite large and has about 8 times the mass of Jupiter. It orbits the star of the same name (without the "b" end), a star much younger than our Sun, in the constellation Scorpius.
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