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mrt127

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New planet discovered!
« on: January 18, 2012, 04:22:45 pm »
I live in Britain and nearly every year we have a week dedicated to star gazing. I have been taking the old telescope out too as you can imagine and I have managed to see the Alpha Centauri (double star individuals  are A and B and Proxima Centauri ) But that's not what I am here to discuss. We had a television program on dedicated to it and urged everyone in a small town to turn there lights off. Exoplanets are discovered by a tiny absence of light shining in  a star as the planet goes around the star on it's orbit. One viewer actually did find a planet:

The planet is called Holmes. It is quite like Neptune Since it is the relatively the same size and is a gas giant. but it is a lot closer to the sun and it about the temperature of mercury.   SPH10066540 is the star it orbits. not much is known about this planet yet. But you probably could find more information on this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16612181
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Re: New planet discovered!
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 04:40:20 pm »
That's pretty cool.
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Re: New planet discovered!
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 04:42:13 pm »
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Re: New planet discovered!
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 04:48:22 pm »
Quote from: mrt127 on January 18, 2012, 04:22:45 pm
SPH10066540 is the star it orbits
Sounds like a PlanetHunters designation so that the real KepID isn't revealed and you can't publish it on your own.
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Re: New planet discovered!
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2012, 05:12:23 pm »
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Re: New planet discovered!
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2012, 05:24:28 pm »
Quote from: phinehas on January 18, 2012, 05:12:23 pm
What's the point in turning off all the lights in town when the data is coming from Nasa's Kepler space telescope.
My thinking exactly.
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mrt127

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Re: New planet discovered!
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2012, 01:02:07 am »
I don't think that was related to it, I just think they wanted to get a better view of the stars.
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2012, 10:37:14 am »
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Re: New planet discovered!
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2012, 10:40:12 am »
Neither was me with seeing a star. But It was related to the stargazing week and the planet was announced live on TV on that same program  ;D
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