April 2, 2005
First Confirmed Picture of a Planet Beyond the Solar System
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After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned.
And this time they're sure.
The planet is thought to be one to two times as massive as Jupiter. It orbits a star similar to a young version of our Sun.
The star, GQ Lupi, has been observed by a team of European astronomers since 1999. They have made three images using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile. The Hubble Space Telescope and the Japanese Subaru Telescope each contributed an image, too.
Read more: Yahoo! News - EXCLUSIVE: First Confirmed Picture of a Planet Beyond the Solar System
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