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Sunday, 4 May 2014

Not enough hours in the day? At least you're not on planet Beta Pictoris b

Artist's impressionof Beta Pictoris b


According to NASA, 1,703 planets orbiting 1,033 stars have been found so far, but very little is known about these planets beyond some deductions based on their orbits. That veil is lifting though, as demonstrated by Dutch astronomers who have for the first time measured the length of an exoplanet’s day. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile’s Atacama desert, the team has learned that the young extrasolar gas giant Beta Pictoris b has an eight-hour day and spins faster than any planet in the Solar System... Continue Reading Not enough hours in the day? At least you're not on planet Beta Pictoris b



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