NASA Virtual News Briefing: Success With New Planet-Hunting Tool
Posted on: Saturday, 8 May 2004, 06:00 CDT
PASADENA, Calif., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Thursday April 15, at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT), astronomers will explain how they used a new technique to find an extrasolar planet -- a planet orbiting another star -- during a listen-and-log-on news briefing.
Using this technique, amateur astronomers might help with follow-up observations of future discoveries, and help confirm planets as small as Earth beyond our solar system.
Briefing participants:
-- Dr. Philippe Crane, Origins theme scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
-- Dr. Ian Bond, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
The discovery was made during a research project partly funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation and several international institutions.
The virtual news briefing is only for reporters. To participate, reporters must call any of the below listed contacts by 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT), April 15 to get the phone number and password.
Images and graphics supporting this news briefing will be posted at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT), April 15, on the Internet at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/media/041504
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