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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Dec 20 2007, 01:07 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I'm not playing down COROT...it's great - but saying that the discovery of X Jupiter mass planets is a surpise is about as surprising as the MER APXS finding a strong Fe signal on Mars. It's a great sign that everything's workign great, but going on what they hinted at at Europlanet - I was expecting a new type of discovery, not just a new discovery of a planet. 'On Course' - 'Performing Well' - those are appropriate phrases here. It'd be a surprise if it HADN'T detected planets like this.
Doug |
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Dec 20 2007, 02:28 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
OK...maybe surprise is not the right word...
I had somehow higher expectations regarding this...but...as said before and by others the best is on it's way... The best of the release is, for me, the detection of oscillations in stars "very similar to our sun"... EDITED: And what about this?...Isn't it exciting? 40 possible new exoplanets?!! We're sooo spoiled... "According to the COROT team there are already, and beyond the two exoplanets already discovered under the mission, CoRoT-exo-1b and CoRoT-exo-2b, around 40 light curves containing signs of possible planets. Further ground analysis is necessary to confirm their true nature. Among these possible exoplanets there are two candidates particularly promising...a planet two times smaller than Saturn and another one of jovian size but with a unusual density..." -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Dec 20 2007, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
OK...maybe surprise is not the right word... ...Isn't it exciting? 40 possible new exoplanets?!! Yes, that's it. Exciting, but not surprising. And I bet many people here will not be surprised if many, many earth-sized planets are found when the ability to detect them has been fully achieved. That will be immensely exciting, but not in the least surprising. |
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