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The second normal star found to have planets, which is the first Eccentric Giant discovered and the first discovered by the Carnegie team. Planet nicknamed "Goldilocks" because it was perceived as the first planet discovered in its star's Habitability Zone. It was found to be much further away from Earth than initially believed and the star thus brighter, so the planet is now known to be too hot to have habitable moons.
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Goldilocks Planet Discovered (1996)[]
- http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/23/science/new-discoveries-turn-astronomers-toward-hunt-for-new-planets.html?pagewanted=3&src=pm
- http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dCAfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1nwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6828,2194866&dq=47+ursae+majoris&hl=en