Bizarre Planetary System Artist Concept
Summary
This artist diagram compares our solar system below to the VB 10 star system. Astronomers successfully used the astrometry planet-hunting method for the first time to discover a gas planet, called VB 10b, around a very tiny star, VB 10.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
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- Bizarre Planetary System (Artist Concept) - NASA
- Catalog Page for PIA12014 - NASA Photojournal
- Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds at Last - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- APOD: 2009 June VB 10: A Large Planet Orbiting a Small Star
- Astrometry Bags a 'Cold Jupiter' | Centauri Dreams
- APOD: 2009 June VB 10: A Large Planet Orbiting a Small Star
- Archives | Centauri Dreams
- Images from the Universe Gallery - NASA photojournal
- APOD: 2009 June VB 10: A Large Planet Orbiting a Small Star
- Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds at Last - Phys.org
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space exploration
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Date
28/05/2009
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)