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Old 01-10-2010, 10:36 PM   #1
xoxoxoBruce
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Jan 10, 2010: Super Earth

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US astronomers have detected the second-smallest exoplanet ever discovered with a mass just four times heavier than the Earth, adding to a growing number of low-mass planets dubbed "super-earths".


So all you disgruntled people, like Spuck, have a place to go.

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The exoplanet, a name given to planets outside our solar system, has been dubbed HD156668b, and is located around 80 light years from Earth in the direction of the Hercules constellation. A light year is roughly 9460 billion kilometres. The planet orbits around its parent star in just over four days.
BuBye.

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