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Monday, June 1, 2009

Some Images Of ExtraSolar Planets

Artist's impression of the pulsar planet PSR B1620-26 b (discovered in 2003); it is over 12.5 billion years old, making it the oldest known extrasolar plane






Infrared image of 2M1207 (bluish) and 2M1207b (reddish). The two objects are separated by less than one arc second in Earth's sky. Image taken using the European Southern Observatory's 8.2 m Yepun Very Large Telescope

Artist's impression of the planet OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb (with surface temperature of approximately −220 °C), orbiting its star 20,000 light years (117.5 quadrillion miles) from Earth; this planet was discovered with gravitational microlensing.

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