new "little" planet founded

General physics and astronomy discussions not directly related to Celestia
Post Reply
Topic author
brunetto_64
Posts: 112
Joined: 12.05.2002
With us: 22 years 10 months
Location: Toronto

new "little" planet founded

Post #1by brunetto_64 » 04.12.2005, 18:58

a new little planet founded in GL 581 star...
the planet it's neptune like....Mass:0.056 MJ
the M star it's near at home (20 ly), but has 1/3 sun mass
information here...
http://vo.obspm.fr/exoplanetes/encyclo/ ... ?st=Gl+581
it's a very close to the star (orbital period 5.336 days ;
Semi major axis: 0.041 AU)

a new addon for celestia..... :P :P
Last edited by brunetto_64 on 04.12.2005, 20:54, edited 1 time in total.
Top
Smacklug
Posts: 38
Joined: 07.11.2005
With us: 19 years 5 months

Post #2by Smacklug » 04.12.2005, 19:37

Uhhh, what? :?

Wait, was this just found or what?
Top
Malenfant
Posts: 1412
Joined: 24.08.2005
With us: 19 years 7 months

Post #3by Malenfant » 04.12.2005, 22:19

Yes, it was:
http://www.solstation.com/stars/gl581.htm has somewhat more understandable information - basically a neptune-mass gas giant in a very close orbit around an M dwarf.
My Celestia page: Spica system, planetary magnitudes script, updated demo.cel, Quad system
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Physics and Astronomy”