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Stories about: 1RXS J160929.1-210524 b

First Planet to Circle “Normal” Star Found Hawaii's Gemini North telescope helped capture the image of a planet orbiting a star which resembles our Sun. This is a historical event for astronomers.Ten years ago, 1RXS J160929.1-210524 was identified by Thomas Preibisch and his team as a 5 million-year old pre-main sequence star located about 470 light year... 20 September 2008 04:32 GMT