First extrasolar planet signals were obtained almost 100 years ago!
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by troyw
His name was Adriaan van Maanen and he has become one of the more
infamous characters in the history of astronomy. Now a
reinterpretation of his early work has revealed that van Maanen found
the first evidence of an extrasolar planetary system way back in 1917.Posted
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by arvintan
This is mind blowing stuff. However, the same Zuckerman and his team also said in a 2008 paper that they ruled out any >4 Jupiter mass companions within 1200 AU of the star. Perhaps something smaller?
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