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Subject: Re: Most important exoplanets discoveries in 2009 - top10 30th December 2009, 12:49 pm
QS Vir b -> First planet orbiting a cataclysmic binary. HW Vir b and c perhaps.
While not the first transiting superEarth, Gliese 1214 b is of astounding importance. It and its atmospheric properties are readily accessible to modern telescopes, and this planet, not CoRoT-7 b, will be the first true data mine about extrasolar super-Earths.
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Lazarus dF star
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Subject: Re: Most important exoplanets discoveries in 2009 - top10 30th December 2009, 1:20 pm
Wasn't the HW Vir system announced in 2008?
I guess the HAT-P-13 system should be in there, as should the discovery of extremely misaligned/retrograde orbits for the planets around WASP-17 and HAT-P-7.
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Subject: Re: Most important exoplanets discoveries in 2009 - top10 4th January 2010, 1:14 pm
Lazarus wrote:
Wasn't the HW Vir system announced in 2008?
Yes you're right.
Also, HARPS performed admirably as well. ~Doubling the previous year's count for a third consecutive year.
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