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Old December 15th 17, 04:54 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Useless planetary system

Unfortunately, the 8 planet system only has one planet at a suitable "Earth" distance from its star and that planet is probably a gas giant. The discovery of 8 planets is probably not revolutionary, it's likely many systems exist with the same or more planets, but resolution or motion measurements hasn't allowed for detection.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42356305