Re: smallest planet to date found

From: Howard J. Van Till <hvantill@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed Aug 25 2004 - 16:33:50 EDT

On 8/25/04 3:31 PM, "drsyme@cablespeed.com" <drsyme@cablespeed.com> wrote:

> I am posting this because the article claims that the
> planet is visible to the naked eye!
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/08/25/planet_eso040825.html

No, it says that "It is bright enough to be seen by the naked eye." However,
being so close in angle to a very much brighter star, it will not be
discerned as an individual object by the naked eye.
Received on Wed Aug 25 17:07:45 2004

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