Exoplanetary Scratchpad |
A very dim Red Dwarf star (once thought to be a potential Brown Dwarf) around which the smallest known exoplanet around a normal star (1.4 ME, once thought to be 3.3 ME) orbits. Orbiting at Venus-like distances, the planet is likely an icy frozen super-Earth.
MOA-2007-BLG-192L System Web Pages[]
MOA-2007-BLG-192L System In the News[]
Smallest Planet around Smallest Star with Planets (Jun 2008)[]
- http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=28128
- http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111642&org=NSF
- http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/32834/title/Small_exoplanet_discovered
- http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14038
Planet may be Earth-Size (2009)[]
- http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16439-smallest-known-exoplanet-may-actually-be-earthmass.html
- http://www.universetoday.com/2009/01/19/exoplanet-could-be-more-earth-like-than-previously-thought/