ESOcast 6: Lightest Exoplanet Found

Well-known exoplanet researcher Michel Mayor announced on 21 April 2009 the discovery of the lightest exoplanet found so far. The planet, “e”, in the famous system Gliese 581, is only about twice the mass of our Earth. The team also refined the orbit of the planet Gliese 581 d, first discovered in 2007, placing it well within the habitable zone, where liquid water oceans could exist. These amazing discoveries are the outcome of more than four years of observations using the most successful low-mass-exoplanet hunter in the world, the HARPS spectrograph attached to the 3.6-metre ESO telescope at La Silla, Chile.

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Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser, Luis Calçada and Andre Roquette. Cinematography: Peter Rixner. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Lars Holm Nielsen and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Henri Boffin and Colleen Sharkey Host: Dr. J. Narration: Gaitee Hussain. Music: movetwo. Footage and photos: ESO. Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Colleen Sharkey. Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

 

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Id:eso0915a
Publicatiedatum:21 april 2009
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0915
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Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Categorie:ESOcast
Exoplanets

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