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#REDIRECT [[VB 10#Claims of a planetary system]] |
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In May of 2009 astronomers from [[NASA|NASA's]] [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], [[Pasadena]], [[California]] announced a planet, [[VB 10b]]. They used the 200" (5.08m) [[Hale telescope]] at the [[Palomar Observatory]] to detect this planet using the [[Methods_of_detecting_extrasolar_planets#Astrometry|astrometry method]]. This is the first [[extrasolar planet]] to be discovered using this method.<ref name="announce">{{cite web |
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| url=http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/exoplanet-20090528.html |
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| work=NASA NEWS, NEWS RELEASE: 2009-090 |
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| accessdate=2009-05-28}}</ref> |
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VB10b is a gas giant in the constellation [[Aquila]] It is approximately six times the mass of Jupiter and is about 20 light years away from earth.<ref name="announce" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17208-exoplanet-found-by-measuring-stars-sideways-shift.html|title=Exoplanet found by measuring star's sideways shift |last= McKee|first=Maggie |date=28 May 2009|publisher=New Scientist}}</ref> |
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