<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I'm curious about one thing, because I only casually follow exoplanet research, but are there many repeat observations by others once a planet is detected? I mean, if someone detects a planet around X using one method (say, the doppler method), does another team follow up with another (say, transit)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Dan<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Darren Greer <darren.greer3@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, September 30, 2010 5:46:33 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ExI] Newly discovered planet may be first truly habitable exoplanet!<BR></FONT><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:18 AM, John Grigg <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:possiblepaths2050@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:possiblepaths2050@gmail.com">possiblepaths2050@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">"A team of planet hunters led by astronomers at the University of<BR>California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington has<BR>announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet (three times the mass<BR>of Earth) orbiting a nearby star at a distance that places it squarely<BR>in the middle of the star's "habitable zone," where liquid water could<BR>exist on the planet's surface. If confirmed, this would be the most<BR>Earth-like exoplanet yet discovered and the first strong case for a<BR>potentially habitable one."</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>I woke up to this news on a local radio station this morning. I haven't got the NSF e-update yet today, but I look forward to reading what they have to say about it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Darren</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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