The system Gliese 667 (artist’s impression)

On 19 October 2009, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO’s 3.6-metre telescope, reported on the incredible discovery of some 32 new exoplanets, cementing HARPS’s position as the world’s foremost exoplanet hunter. One of these is surrounding the star Gliese 667 C, which belongs to a triple system. The 6 Earth-mass exoplanet circulates around its low-mass host star at a distance equal to only 1/20th of the Earth-Sun distance. The host star is a companion to two other low-mass stars, which are seen here in the distance.

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ESO/L. Calçada

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Identification:eso0939a
Type:Dessin
Date de publication:19 octobre 2009
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0939
Taille:4000 x 2250 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Gliese 667
Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Catégorie:Exoplanets
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