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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060518222901.htm <-- Scource and more info.

For the first time, we have discovered a planetary system composed of several Neptune-mass planets", said Christophe Lovis, from the Geneva Observatory and lead-author of the paper presenting the results.

During more than two years, the astronomers carefully studied HD 69830, a rather inconspicuous nearby star slightly less massive than the Sun. Located 41 light-years away towards the constellation of Puppis (the Stern), it is, with a visual magnitude of 5.95, just visible with the unaided eye. The astronomers' precise radial-velocity measurements allowed them to discover the presence of three tiny companions orbiting their parent star in 8.67, 31.6 and 197 days.



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Re: HD 69830 System : Three Neptune-Size Planets Found In Nearby Star System
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009, 03:53:32 PM »
Puppis (the Stern)

In a book it said Puppis, the Poop.  ;D ;D ;D They probably mean poop deck, as, that is the stern.
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Re: HD 69830 System : Three Neptune-Size Planets Found In Nearby Star System
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 02:41:27 PM »
Where'd that came from? xD