A newly discovered planet orbiting a nearby star has the lengthiest orbit of any confirmed extrasolar planet and may be a promising candidate for direct imaging.

 

References:

Mayor, M. 1998, Protostars and Planets IV Meeting. July. Santa Barbara, Calif.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1998. Two teams find planet orbiting nearby star. Science News 153(June 27):405.

______. 1996. Uncertainties greet latest planet finds. Science News 149(June 15):373.

Additional information about 14 Herculis can be found at: http://www.obs-hp.fr/www/nouvelles/14her.html.

Sources:

Geoffrey W. Marcy
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Astronomy
San Francisco, CA 94720

Michel Mayor
Observatoire de Genève
Chemin des Maillettes 51
CH-1290 Sauverny
Switzerland

Michael Shao
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Pasadena, CA 91109