To date there have been 238 exoplanets "published." These planets have been discovered by observing the gravitational "wobble" of their parent stars. If the scientists get REALLY lucky and the planet is orbits on a line of sight between earth and its parent star, we can then determine, roughly, what the planet is made up of. So my question is, with interest continually growing in extrasolar planets, how long will it be before we start seeing this planets through advanced telescopes? Is it even possible to pinpoint planet sized objects that far away? Or is it a matter of getting in line to use Hubble or other telescopes?
2007-05-29
07:22:04
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Dustin S
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