Light Eye
01-25-2006, 11:29 AM
dear friends,
more info concerning jan's posting.
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8633
be well, be love.
david
smallest extrasolar planet revealed by microlensing
astronomers have found an extrasolar planet that may be just 5.5
times as massive as the earth ? that would make it the smallest
exoplanet ever detected around a normal star.
it orbits a common red dwarf star, 22,000 light years from the sun,
and was found using a technique called gravitational microlensing.
the planet is too far from its host star - and therefore too cold -
to harbour life as we know it, but the new find offers hope that
there are smaller, warmer worlds out there waiting to be found.
[non-text portions of this message have been removed]
more info concerning jan's posting.
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8633
be well, be love.
david
smallest extrasolar planet revealed by microlensing
astronomers have found an extrasolar planet that may be just 5.5
times as massive as the earth ? that would make it the smallest
exoplanet ever detected around a normal star.
it orbits a common red dwarf star, 22,000 light years from the sun,
and was found using a technique called gravitational microlensing.
the planet is too far from its host star - and therefore too cold -
to harbour life as we know it, but the new find offers hope that
there are smaller, warmer worlds out there waiting to be found.
[non-text portions of this message have been removed]