Planet Hunters Talk

First extrasolar planet signals were obtained almost 100 years ago!

  • troyw by troyw

    https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/first-evidence-of-extrasolar-planets-found-in-1917-4f195f4dc158

    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.

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  • arvintan 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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