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32 Exoplanets Discovered By Chilean Telescope

Posted by timothy on from the that's-just-for-starters dept.

the4thdimension writes "An article on CNN notes that 32 exoplanets have been discovered using a new Chilean telescope. The telescope is capable of detecting movements of 2.1mph (comparable to a slow walking pace). These 32 new planets give the telescope a total of 75 planets it has discovered, out of the 400 discovered using all methods employed by astronomers. This places the HARPS system as the world's foremost exoplanet hunter."

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  1. link to ESO Press Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, the "new Chilenean telescope" the summary is referring to is actually the 3.6m telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, which started operation in 1976...

    and here is the link to the ESO Press Release

  2. Re:39 days to Mars... by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um, just how long is the trip to the nearest habitable exoplanet again? If it's less than my remaining life expectancy, get me a ticket.

    While that's out of the question, an unmanned nuke-powered probe could possibly survey such a system in one life-time if sufficiently funded.
         

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