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Old May 15th 13, 06:28 PM posted to sci.physics,sci.astro
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Default Exoplanet Kepler-76b: discovered through effects predicted by Einstein's STR

On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:10 +0600, Yousuf Khan
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Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/ar...epler-76b.html

"It was discovered using data obtained with NASA’s Kepler Space
Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
detecting exoplanets."


actually I think it was the general theroy not the special