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Pump Up The Volume: Big Fat Transiting Planet Discovered

phil — 8/8/2007 5:35:49 PM (archived)

Larger than Rosie O'Donnell's head TrES4 is 1.9x J masses and 1.67 J radii. TrES uses 3 small telescopes to find transiting planets.

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Pump Up The Volume: Big Fat Transiting Planet Discovered - phil - 8/8/2007 5:35:49 PM
- re: Pump Up The Volume: Big Fat Transiting Planet Discovered - Marcia - 8/8/2007 6:32:16 PM
- Big Fat Planets selection effect - Hank - 8/8/2007 6:11:42 PM
  - TrES-4: A Transiting Hot Jupiter of Very Low Density - New Age Vapors - 8/8/2007 6:44:36 PM
    - Very Low Density - nick hoffman - 8/9/2007 2:27:59 AM
    - re: TrES-4: A Transiting Hot Jupiter of Very Low Density. Thanks! - Marcia - 8/8/2007 7:05:31 PM

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