{OT} Iota Horologii

1 posts ยท Oct 18 2000

From: Jesse Casey <jessecasey@n...>

Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:57:11 -0500

Subject: {OT} Iota Horologii

Last year, Iota Horologii was found to have a planet, which was named Iota
Hor b. It was the first exoplanet discovered in an almost Earth-like
orbit. The star, barely visible to the naked eye, has a mass 1.03 times that
of
our Sun and is located 56 light-years from Earth. The system sits in the
southern constellation Horologium, also known as the Pendulum Clock.

 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/dust_disk_001017.html