4-inch Telescope Finds New Planet

serutan writes "After a backyard astronomy size telescope first tracked the periodic dimming of a star 500 light-years away, the Keck I telescope in Hawaii later confirmed that a Jupiter-size planet orbits the star. A press release from Harvard gives details. This is the first result of the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, a project using small telescopes and cheap equipment to search for extrasolar planets. "

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Re:Proof that size doesn't matter

[MolarMass]

When this topic appeared, I had wondered how long it would take the slashdot community to post a "size doesn't matter" comment.

I had surmised perhaps 3 or 4 posts, but I was wrong. It took only 1.

I read Slashdot because it consistently exceeds my expectations. Way to go!