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What's a Planet? New riddles beyond the solar system

ljk — 12/2/2006 6:01:24 AM (archived)

What's a Planet? New riddles beyond the solar system

Recent observations have blurred distinctions among stars, brown dwarfs, and
planets.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061202/bob8.asp

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The whole thread (9 posts)

Exoplanets and a puzzle - Raoul - 11/27/2006 5:27:50 PM
- Maybe they have a ring system or a mini-magnetosphere cloud (n/t) - SDF - 11/28/2006 11:41:28 AM
- PSR B1828-11: a precession pulsar torqued by a quark planet? - LJK - 11/27/2006 5:33:16 PM
  - Four New Exoplanets and Hints of Additional Substellar Companions to Exoplanet Host Stars - LJK - 11/27/2006 9:50:11 PM
    - N-body Simulation of Planetesimal Formation Through Gravitational Instability of a Dust Layer - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:12:30 PM
      - Dust dynamics during protoplanetary disc clearing - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:15:22 PM
        
        Relativistic Effects in Extrasolar Planetary Systems - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:18:24 PM
        
        K-band transit and secondary eclipse photometry of exoplanet OGLE-TR-113b - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:47:24 PM
        
        What's a Planet? New riddles beyond the solar system - ljk - 12/2/2006 6:01:24 AM

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