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PREVIOUS DISCOVERIES

-June 13, 2005 -
A 7.5 Earth-mass planet ...

-Sept. 1, 2004 -
The First Two Neptune-Class Exoplanets ...

- September 17, 2002 -
Another Jupiter-sized planet in a circular orbit...

- June 13, 2002 -
15 New Planets; 3 New Multiple-Planet Systems; Smallest Exoplanet yet discovered...

- February 7, 2002 -
A New Planet 12 Times Jupiter's Mass...

- January 8, 2002 -
Planet Orbiting a Giant Star...

- November 27, 2001 -
Atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet...a

- October 15, 2001 -
Eight new planets...

- August 15, 2001 -
A new planetary system in the Big Dipper constellation...

- April 20, 2001 -
Multiple planet systems appear common...

- January 10, 2001 -
A planetary system in a 2:1 resonance orbit... .

- January 10, 2001 -
Discovery of a planet that is 17 times the mass of our Jupiter...


The Diversity of Exoplanets

Planet Detection Techniques

  • NOVA video: The Hunt for Alien Earths
  • The Doppler Detection Method
  • Other Detection Methods
  • The Rocky Planet Finder
  • Philanthropy

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