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'''Fomalhaut b''' is the first observed planet outside our solar system, orbiting around the [[star]] Fomalhaut. The [[planet]] has a mass three times that of [[Jupiter]]. The Fomalhaut system is 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis or "Southern Fish." | '''Fomalhaut b''' is the first observed planet outside our solar system, orbiting around the [[star]] Fomalhaut. The [[planet]] has a mass three times that of [[Jupiter]]. The Fomalhaut system is 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis or "Southern Fish." | ||
Revision as of 01:00, November 15, 2008
Fomalhaut b is the first observed planet outside our solar system, orbiting around the star Fomalhaut. The planet has a mass three times that of Jupiter. The Fomalhaut system is 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis or "Southern Fish."
NASA astronomers have spent seven years using the Hubble Space Telescope to locate planets. [1]
References
- ↑ Images: Hubble observes planet orbiting another star CNET, November 14, 2008