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Epsilon Eridani gets a lot of media attention

Post by bystander » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:55 pm

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1966-ssc2008-19a
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1962-ssc2008-19b

NASA JPL Spitzer - October 27, 2008
Closest Planetary System Hosts Two Asteroid Belts
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-197
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/287-ssc2008-19
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitz ... 81027.html

ScienceNews - October 27, 2008
Double the rubble: Nearby star system has two asteroid belts
Nearby star Epsilon Eridani hosts inner asteroid belt and planet arranged like those in the solar system
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic ... roid_belts

Astronomy.com - October 27, 2008
Solar system's young twin has two asteroid belts
This nearby star is a triple-ring system.
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2008/10/s ... roid-belts

Space.com - October 27, 2008
Nearby Star Hosts Three-Ring Circus
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0 ... -twin.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Eridani
http://www.solstation.com/stars/eps-erid.htm

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