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Old January 25th 06, 07:53 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default ASTRONOMERS FIND SMALLEST EXTRASOLAR PLANET YET AROUND NORMALSTAR (STScI-PR06-06)

INBOX ASTRONOMY: NEWS ALERT wrote:

distance between the planet, designated OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, and its
host is about three times greater than that between the Earth and the
Sun. The planet's large orbit and its dim parent star make its likely
surface temperature a frigid minus 364 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 220
degrees Celsius).


Guess that kills the beach this year?