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Alien Worlds through Artists' Eyes
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
29 April 2003
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Way Out World
In January, astronomers announced the discovery of a planet that was much farther
away than any detected previously. It is 5,000 light-years away.
The finding was possible because of relatively low-yield planet-hunting technique,
called the transit method, that spots those rare planets that happen to pass
in front of their host star, as seen from our perspective.
The planet, as depicted here by David Aguilar, is about the size of Jupiter and orbits very close to the star. [Story]
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