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SPACE-NETHERLANDS-PLANET-OGLE
A picture released on December 4, 2008 by the the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) and the Leiden Osbservatory shows (from L) undergraduate students Francis Vuijsje, Meta de Hoon, and Remco van der Burg who discovered an extrasolar planet, planet OGLE-TR-L9b that is larger than and about five times as massive as Jupiter and orbiting a fast-rotating hot star, planet OGLE-TR-L9b. Circling its host star in about 2.5 days, it lies at only three percent of the Earth-Sun distance from its star, making the planet very hot with a bloated roiling atmosphere. The star itself is the hottest star with a planet ever discovered. Three undergraduate students, from Leiden University in the Netherlands, have discovered the extrasolar planet. The extraordinary find, which turned up during their research project, is about five times as massive as Jupiter. This is also the first planet discovered orbiting a fast-rotating hot star. AFP PHOTO - ESO/LEIDEN OBSERVATORY
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4 Decembrie 2008 |
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