ESO: Length of Exoplanet Day Measured

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ESO: Length of Exoplanet Day Measured

Post by Doum » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:26 pm

"Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have, for the first time, determined the rotation rate of an exoplanet"

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1414/

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Re: ESO: Length of Exoplanet Day Measured

Post by bystander » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:48 pm

Fast spin of the young extrasolar planet β Pictoris b - Ignas A. G. Snellen et al
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