Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Voice of America: Citizen Astronomers Discover Planet with Four Suns

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Citizen Astronomers Discover Planet with Four Suns
Oct 16th 2012, 15:02

Imagine if four suns rose and set every day. That could be the reality on the newly discovered planet, PH1 (Planet Hunters 1). Citizen astronomers contributing to the PlanetHunters.org website discovered PH1 with the help of a Yale University-led team of international astronomers that enlists the public to review data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft for signs of distant planets. PH1 orbits a double star, which in turn orbits a distant pair of stars. It is the first reported discovery of ...

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