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| Yousuf Khan... |
 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:42 pm |
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The CoRoT Satellite : 3 More Years To Hunt For Planets And To Listen To
The Music Of Stars
"However the quality of the scientific results obtained to date is such
to clearly grant an extension of the mission. For instance, CoRoT
measured vibrations of various types of stars, some similar to the Sun,
some more massive or older : these results need now to be confronted
with theory. The CNES satellite also revealed that most stars are much
more variable than thought. On the exoplanets side, the crop is to date
7 confirmed planets, with many more candidates currently scrutinized by
ground telescopes. Several of these detections are world firsts, such as
the smallest and only rocky exoplanet known to date, CoRoT-7b (which is
also the one exhibiting the shortest revolution period around its host
star-20 hours), or the densest one, CoRoT-3b."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091106104413.htm |
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