Extrasolar Planets

Exoplanets or “extrasolar planets” are planets found outside our solar system. They are designated by affixing a lowercase letter, starting from “b” towards “z” depending on order of discovery, to their parent star’s Flamsteed designation or catalogue numbers. When PSR1257 + 12 B and PSR1257 + 12 C (they used uppercase letters for these very first ones because they did not yet use the current nomenclature), and later 51 Pegasi b, the first confirmed exoplanets were discovered in the early...Read Full Story

Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy (2nd Edition) by Edward E. Prather, Tim P. Slater, Jeff Adams, Gina Brissenden, CAPER (7) Buy new: $33.67 61 used & new from $20.60 (Visit the Best Sellers in Astronomy & Space Science list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Funded by the National Science Foundation, Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy is designed to help make large lecture-format courses more interactive with easy-to...Read Full Story

Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy (2nd Edition) by Edward E. Prather, Tim P. Slater, Jeff Adams, Gina Brissenden, CAPER (7) Buy new: $30.17 90 used & new from $22.10 (Visit the Bestsellers in Astronomy & Space Science list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Funded by the National Science Foundation, Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy is designed to help make large lecture-format courses more interactive with easy-to...Read Full Story

European Space Agency Artist's impression of CoRoT, the first spacecraft devoted to the search for rocky planets, similar to our own Earth. It looks for the tiny drop in light caused by a planet as it slips across the face of its parent star. CoRoT is a CNES mission with ESA participation. Image credit: CNES/D. Ducros By detecting the faint dimming in the light emitted by stars during a transit event, CoRoT has detected six new exoplanets - each with its own peculiar characteristics...Read Full Story

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Elusive Extrasolar Planets Uncovered in 13-Year-Old Hubble Data International Business Times Astronomers have uncovered two elusive extrasolar planets that went undetected in image data from the Hubble Space Telescope for 13 years. The scientists painstakingly re-analyzed Hubble images from 1998 ... Recommended: New planets from old pictures msnbc.com Hidden Alien Planets Found Using Old Hubble Data Space.com Three Exoplanets Hubble DIDN'T Discover Earlier Discovery...Read Full Story

National Geographic Fifty New Planets Found—Largest Haul Yet National Geographic Fifty new alien worlds, including 16 "super Earths," have been found—the largest extrasolar planet haul announced at one time, astronomers say. The discoveries bring the total number of known extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, to 645. ... 36 Light Years From Here, New Hope for an Earth-Like Planet New York Times Confirmed! Scientists Tally Over 600 Alien Planets Space.com Astronomers Discover Super-Earths...Read Full Story

Marc Ollivier, Thérèse Encrenaz, Francoise Roques, “Planetary Systems: Detection, Formation and Habitability of Extrasolar Planets” Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3540757473 | edition 2008 | PDF | 340 pages | 8.7 mb Over the time decade years, the brainstorm of extrasolar planets has unsealed a newborn earth of astronomy, and this Atlantic of investigate is apace growing, from both the empiric and academic saucer of view. The proximity of some colossus exoplanets in the near neighborhood of...Read Full Story