OK, the title to this post is a bit misleading, but if you ever get the question, "When was the last time a scientist from Notre Dame discovered a planet?", you now have an answer: Monday.
On Monday, Notre Dame's David Bennett and his international team presented their discovery of MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb, which is only about 3,000 light years away. What is remarkable about this finding is that MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb orbits a star with an incredibly low mass--something scientists did not know was possible until now.
You can read the complete article and some of the technical descriptions here.
I don't know about you, but I think I would have named the star something more exciting than MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Hey now, I plan on naming my first child "MOA-2007-BLG-192lb".
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