Exoplanetary Scratchpad |
A triple star system 23 light years away, consisting of binary of orange dwarf stars about 12 AU apart (ranging from 5 to 20 AU), around which a distant red Dwarf C orbits (ranging from 56 to 215 AU) and the nearest multiple star system known to harbor a planet. A temperate super Earth planet (5.7 ME) discovered around star C was the poster child for an announcement of 32 exoplanets discovered by European astronomers working on the HARPs project and brought the total number of exoplanets to near 400.
Gliese 667 System Web Pages[]
Gliese 667 System In the News[]
32 New Exoplanets Discovered (Oct 2009)[]
- http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/091019-exoplanet-harps.html
- http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1919425320091019
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8314581.stm
- http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0939/
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2009/1019/wow-32-new-planets-discovered-these-giant-exoplanets-dwarf-the-earth
- http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-10-19-new-planets_N.htm
- http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/new-exoplanets/
- http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/10/32_planets_solar_system_earth.html
- http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/48568/title/SuperEarths_common_for_other_stars
- http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0910/19exo/
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101900956.html