COROT planets |
COROT planets |
May 3 2007, 02:20 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 3-January 07 Member No.: 1551 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6611557.stm
is reporting that Corot has found its first planet. I can't find an arxiv paper about this, or even a press release, but there are many here better at squirreling out data releases than me. 1.3Mj, 1.8Rj so it's a very inflated planet, 1.5-day orbit around a 'star quite similar to the Sun' might account for that. In the Monoceros field (Corot is now pointing at the Scutum/Aquila field). |
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Oct 3 2007, 12:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
ustrax...
keep reporting.... I have the graph from the Seager et al paper hanging on my office wall. People drop in and see that and it gives me an excuse to launch into a discussion on extrasolar planets. From the excellent site Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia I get the following stats... http://exoplanet.eu/catalog-all.php?&mode=2&more= So far we have discovered the following population of planets that are less messive than Saturn (our smallest gas giant in the Sol system) Lower mass planets discovered aroung main sequence stars 31 planets < Saturn mass 12 planets < Neptune mass 4 planets < 10Eeath mass (super Earths?) REALLY interested in what the COROT folks will present. Craig |
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Oct 18 2007, 04:19 AM
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Does anyone know when Epsilon Eridani b reaches its "Kodak Moment"? In October, 2006, a team from U Texas Austin announced that in late 2007 they may be able to directly observe an extrasolar planet for the first time.
Is there a site listing transits of extrasolar planets? Thanks, Brad |
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Oct 18 2007, 12:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
Does anyone know when Epsilon Eridani b reaches its "Kodak Moment"? Late December (the exact date depends on HST scheduling issues). -------------------- "I got a call from NASA Headquarters wanting a color picture of Venus. I said, “What color would you like it?” - Laurance R. Doyle, former JPL image processing guy
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Dec 8 2007, 03:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
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