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Too Close for Comfort: Hubble Discovers an Evaporating Planet (2003)

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*Description*: The parent star of transiting planet HD 209458b is called HD 209458. It is similar to our Sun and lies 150 light-years from Earth. The star is visible with binoculars as a seventh magnitude star in the constellation Pegasus. This is a a 1.9 x 1.9 degree three-color composite from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The blue plate (B) is shown in blue, the red plate (R) in green, and the infrared plate (I) in red. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: HD 209458 Object Description: Host Star to Transiting Planet HD 209458b Position (J2000): R.A. 22h 03m 10.8s Dec. +18° 53' 04.0'' Constellation: Pegasus Distance From Earth: 46 parsecs (150 light-years) _________________________________________ Object Name: HD 209458b Object Description: Extrasolar Planet Transiting HD 209458 Jupiter-like Planet with Detected Atmosphere Orbital Period: 3.5 days Distance Above Star's Surface: 4 million miles (6.4 million kilometers) Estimated Mass: 0.7 times Jupiter's mass 220 times the Earth's mass Maximum Temperature: 2000 degrees Fahrenheit (1100 degrees Celsius) About the Data Data Description: These data are from the HST archived proposal 9064. The science team is composed A. Vidal-Madjar, A. Lecavelier des Etangs and J.-M. DÔø_Ôø_Ôø_sert (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France), G. Ballester (University of Arizona), R. Ferlet and G. HÔø_Ôø_Ôø_brard (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France), and M. Mayor (Geneve Observatory, Switzerland).…

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SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2003-08c

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