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OXYGEN AND CARBON DISCOVERED IN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE 'BLOW OFF'
From Lori Stiles, UA News Services, 520-621-1877,
February 2, 2004
"Itıs exciting that we found what we proposed we would find in observing the
planet in the UV with the Hubble Space Telescope," Ballester said.
The astronomers are reporting the new discovery in a forthcoming issue of
Astrophysical Journal Letters, in the article, "Detection of oxygen and
carbon in the upper atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD 209458b."
The Hubble Space Telescope is jointly operated by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and the European Space Agency.
An article in New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994634 says that
Hubble is "the only telescope able to observe the necessary UV
wavelengths", and even then it was very difficult.
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