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Earth, Meet Fomalhaut b
By Scott | November 14, 2008
Wow. The picture above is the first DIRECT VISIBLE-LIGHT snapshot of a planet that is in orbit around another star. This planet is circling a star named Fomalhaut, which is 25 light-years away and can be seen from the southern hemisphere in the constellation Piscis Australis. According to this article at NASA’s site, the planet (Fomalhaut b) is about three times more massive than Jupiter, so it’s not a planet anyone will take a stroll on someday.
Absolutely incredible.
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:31 am
Nice post u have here :D Added to my RSS reader