Number of new planets discovered in 2014

April 25, 2014 by Paul Spoerry 5 Comments

Reshared post from +Marc Belley

The number of new planets discovered in 2014

Looks like technology is doing things, again. First the iPhone, now this!

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Allen Powers says

April 25, 2014 at 1:53 am

That's crazy cool!
Tim Hunt says

April 25, 2014 at 2:07 am

Wow, and still another 8 months left!
Paul Spoerry says

April 25, 2014 at 2:07 am

Yeah… pretty wild +Allen Powers. I mean… talk about exoplanet-potential growth. rim shot
Jeff MG says

April 25, 2014 at 2:25 am

I see we found their hiding spot.
Thomas Wrobel says

April 25, 2014 at 1:34 pm

We are still only picking up a tiny fraction of them too remember; under 1%.
The stars and planets have to exactly align to notice the dimming effect. Not sure about the wobble, but I understand they only count it as confirmed if they get both.
Honestly, as our techniques improve, Id be supprised now if we dont have a few habitable range planets within 50 light years.

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