Wanderlust
08-24-2010, 09:32 AM
5-7 planets all in one announcement!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYnW4acLoI
Another Solar System Like our Own? | Universe Today (http://www.universetoday.com/71957/another-solar-system-like-our-own/)
European astronomers discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the star HD 10180, with evidence that two other planets may be present. If confirmed, one of those would have the lowest mass ever found.
HD 10180, is located 127 light years (http://www.universetoday.com/56474/light-years/) away in the southern constellation (http://www.universetoday.com/19516/constellations/) of Hydrus (http://www.universetoday.com/20975/hydrus/). The five confirmed planets are large, about the size of Neptune (http://www.universetoday.com/22044/size-of-neptune/) — between 13 and 25 Earth (http://www.universetoday.com/14367/earth/) masses —with orbital periods ranging from between six and 600 days. The planets’ distances from the star ranges from 0.06 and 1.4 times the Earth–Sun distance (http://www.universetoday.com/18043/distance-to-the-sun/).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYnW4acLoI
Another Solar System Like our Own? | Universe Today (http://www.universetoday.com/71957/another-solar-system-like-our-own/)
European astronomers discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the star HD 10180, with evidence that two other planets may be present. If confirmed, one of those would have the lowest mass ever found.
HD 10180, is located 127 light years (http://www.universetoday.com/56474/light-years/) away in the southern constellation (http://www.universetoday.com/19516/constellations/) of Hydrus (http://www.universetoday.com/20975/hydrus/). The five confirmed planets are large, about the size of Neptune (http://www.universetoday.com/22044/size-of-neptune/) — between 13 and 25 Earth (http://www.universetoday.com/14367/earth/) masses —with orbital periods ranging from between six and 600 days. The planets’ distances from the star ranges from 0.06 and 1.4 times the Earth–Sun distance (http://www.universetoday.com/18043/distance-to-the-sun/).