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First exoplanet map!, ...from Spitzer
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post May 10 2007, 08:47 PM
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For the first time, astronomers have created a rough map of a planet orbiting a distant sun-like star, employing a technique that may one day enable mapping of Earth-like worlds:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0705/09planetmap/
The map revealed a single "hot spot" that is about twice as big as the Great Red Spot on Jupiter and much hotter; the research appearing in the May 10 issue of the journal Nature.


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post May 12 2007, 05:35 PM
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Stu, that is WAY cool...congrats! smile.gif Given the fact that the most notable person from my own home town is Evel Knievel, I am understandably jealous... laugh.gif


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- dilo   First exoplanet map!   May 10 2007, 08:47 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   I thought I read that somwhere.   May 10 2007, 08:53 PM
- - Stu   Yes, it’s a great achievement and all, and yes, th...   May 10 2007, 09:31 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (Stu @ May 11 2007, 12:31 AM) I dun...   May 10 2007, 09:43 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Jyril @ May 10 2007, 09:43 PM) Uh,...   May 10 2007, 09:51 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (Stu @ May 11 2007, 12:51 AM) No? 2...   May 11 2007, 03:55 PM
|- - belleraphon1   QUOTE (Stu @ May 10 2007, 05:51 PM) No? 2...   May 12 2007, 01:50 AM
- - akuo   I got a truly strange feeling when reading the new...   May 10 2007, 09:49 PM
- - akuo   Most binary systems are much farther apart from ea...   May 10 2007, 09:56 PM
- - nprev   Stu, without re-igniting the whole "what is a...   May 11 2007, 12:07 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (nprev @ May 11 2007, 12:07 AM) Bot...   May 11 2007, 05:21 AM
- - dvandorn   Remember, too, that these hot Jupiters are some of...   May 11 2007, 12:39 AM
- - PhilCo126   Planet or not, these worlds might sit in the ...   May 11 2007, 04:47 PM
- - Phil Stooke   akuo said: "Though I'm not sure if the t...   May 11 2007, 05:29 PM
- - DFinfrock   Certainly, maps don't have to be confined to r...   May 12 2007, 12:07 AM
- - Stu   Thanks bellapheron, interesting links there Ju...   May 12 2007, 08:04 AM
- - Jyril   I know what you mean... It is hard to imagine what...   May 12 2007, 10:46 AM
- - nprev   Stu, that is WAY cool...congrats! Given the ...   May 12 2007, 05:35 PM

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