Image of a Planet: Too Hot to be True?

According to several astronomers, new unpublished data suggest that an image unveiled 13 months ago as the first picture of a possible extrasolar planet is merely a star.

References:

Terebey, S. 1999. Young planet and brown dwarf searches in star-forming regions. From Giant Planets to Cool Stars Meeting. June. Flagstaff, Ariz.

Further Readings:

1998. Hubble takes first image of a possible planet around another star and finds a runaway world. NASA Press Release. Available at http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1998/19/pr.html.

Cowen, R. 1998. Hubble takes first image of a possible planet. Science News 153(June 6):357.

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 26, June 26, 1999, p. 404. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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