http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/ Blogging the UK National Astronomy Meeting 2008 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-28 Earths the easy way… - NAM Blog Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:18:18 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-28 [...] we heard about the great successes of SuperWASP in discovering ten new planets by watching for small dips in the star’s light caused by the passage of a planet across our [...] […] we heard about the great successes of SuperWASP in discovering ten new planets by watching for small dips in the star’s light caused by the passage of a planet across our […]

]]> http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-9 First day: Plenary sessions - NAM Blog Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:32:51 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-9 [...] was about the SuperWASP project, which Don works on, and which today announced the discovery of 10 new transiting planets. That is pretty impressive especially considering that only 35 had previously been discovered by [...] […] was about the SuperWASP project, which Don works on, and which today announced the discovery of 10 new transiting planets. That is pretty impressive especially considering that only 35 had previously been discovered by […]

]]> http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-7 Daniel Fischer Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:15:48 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-7 Too bad this press release went public on April 1 - I actually had to "defend" it as the real thing when a German chronicler of all things exoplanet thought it was a joke. Especially the pictures with the arrays of lenses ... Too bad this press release went public on April 1 - I actually had to “defend” it as the real thing when a German chronicler of all things exoplanet thought it was a joke. Especially the pictures with the arrays of lenses …

]]> http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-6 Thomas J Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:03:32 +0000 http://orbitingfrog.com/nam/2008/04/01/ten-new-planets/#comment-6 This is good news for UK astronomy. Fifteen new planets discovered by a UK team. This is real cutting edge science and I will be looking in regularly to find out more about this fascinating subject. It is, certainly, difficult work but I am sure the end justifies the means. Well done to the team. This is good news for UK astronomy. Fifteen new planets discovered by a UK team. This is real cutting edge science and I will be looking in regularly to find out more about this fascinating subject. It is, certainly, difficult work but I am sure the end justifies the means. Well done to the team.

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