[meteorite-list] First direct photo of a planet outside the solar system..

mark ford markf at ssl.gb.com
Mon Sep 13 07:26:20 EDT 2004



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3644410.stm


Astronomers working in Chile think they may have taken the first direct
image of a planet circling another star. 
The star, called 2M1207, is 230 light-years away and is very much
smaller and fainter than our own Sun....




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