I need information on the two new planets found?
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The info in the last answer is seven years old! The two planets it refers to brought the total of known extra solar planets to 17. It is now 210 and we are finding them at the rate of over 20 a year.\n\nThe Extra-solar Planets Encyclopedia maintained by the Paris Observatory reports two further planets WASP-1 and WASP-2 that have been found since the "puffy planet" HAT-1-Pb was announced on September 14th 2006.\n\nIt laconically states: 26 September:  WASP-1b and WASP-2b : two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (Collier Cameron et al.) \n\nThe Wikipedia link and CIT link reveal: \n\nSuperWASP is the Wide Angle Search for Planets program\n\nStar: WASP-1 \nConstellation: Andromeda\nRight ascension: 00h 20m 40s \nDeclination: +31° 59′ 24″ \nSpectral type: F7V \nDistance of star: 1000 light years\nMass of Star; 1.15 x Mass of Sun\nPlanet b Garafia-1 \nPlanet Type: Hot Jupiter\nPlanet mass: 0.89 x Mass of Jupiter\nOrbital period: 2.51997 Earth days\nSemi-major axis: 0.0382 AU\nOrbital Eccentricity: 0  \n\nStar: WASP-2 \nConstellation: Delphinus\nRight ascension: 20h 30m 54s \nDeclination: +06° 25′ 46″ \nSpectral type: K1V\nDistance of star: 500 light years\nApparent Magnitude of Star: 11.98\nMass of Star; 0.79 x Mass of Sun\nPlanet: b\nPlanet Type: Hot Jupiter\nPlanet mass: 0.88 x Mass of Jupiter\nOrbital period: 2.152226 Earth days\nSemimajor axis: 0.0307 AU\nOrbital eccentricity: 0\n\nInformation seems scant. This much I could glean, but you might like to do a Google search for WASP-1 and WASP-2 to see what you can discover.
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It's the planet Venus.\nMore about it at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/28nov_venusshadows.htm
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http://solarviews.com/\n\nAll the info about all the planets!
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The better question is what about the planets they found farther out in the galaxy than Pluto.  Why don't we know their names, and why aren't they taught in schools?\n\nThey can take away our little Pluto, but not give us any new planets in return? Boo!
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Check out these. These are just the best.\n\nhttp://planetsaturn.blogspot.com/2006/05/history.html\nhttp://planetsaturn.blogspot.com
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solar planets:\n\nmercury\nvenus\nearth\nmars\njupiter\nsaturn\nuranus\nneptune\npluto\n\nextrasolar planets:\n\nHD 117618\nHD 121504\nHD 130322\nHD 147513\nHD 149026\nHD 150706\nHD 168746\nHD 177830\nHD 179949\nHD 187123\nHD 188015\nHD 188753\nHD 188753 Ab\nHD 189733\nHD 192263\nHD 196885\nHD 202206\nHD 20367\nHD 208487\nHD 209458 b\nHD 210277\nHD 216770\nHD 2638\nHD 27894\nHD 28185\nHD 330075\nHD 40979\nHD 4208\nHD 4308\nHD 45350\nHD 46375\nHD 49674\nHD 52265\nHD 63454\nHD 6434\nHD 65216\nHD 75289\nHD 76700\nHD 83443\nHD 88133\nHD 93083\nHO Librae\nIota Draconis\nIota Horologii\nOGLE 2003-BLG-235\nOGLE-2005-BLG-390L\nOGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb\nOGLE-TR-10 b\nOGLE-TR-10b\nOGLE-TR-111b\nOGLE-TR-111c\nOGLE-TR-132b\nHD 101930\nHD 102117\nHD 102195\nHD 107146\nHD 108147\nHD 114386\nHD 114729\nHD 114762\nHD 114783\n14 Herculis\n16 Cygni\n23 Librae\n2M1207b\n51 Pegasi b\n54 Piscium\n70 Virginis b\n79 Ceti\n83 Leonis\n\ni cant remember all
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Try NASA's site:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/index.html\n\nor Wikipedia links from:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets
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The 10th planet was discovered last summer.\n\nJuly 29, 2005: "It's definitely bigger than Pluto." So says Dr. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology who announced today the discovery of a new planet in the outer solar system.\n\nThe planet, which hasn't been officially named yet, was found by Brown and colleagues using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory near San Diego. It is currently about 97 times farther from the sun than Earth, or 97 Astronomical Units (AU). For comparison, Pluto is 40 AU from the sun. \n\nThe planet's temporary name is 2003 UB313. A permanent name has been proposed by the discoverers to the International Astronomical Union, and they are awaiting the decision of this body before announcing the name.
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There are 6 planets that even the ancients knew about.  From the sun outward, they are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.  (of  course, the ancients did not know that Earth was quite a bit like those little points of light that moved through the heavens).  William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781. Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle. And Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto on February 18th, 1930.\n\nA few other discoveries may turn out to be planets.  In 2003 Mike Brown and two other astronomers discovered an object larger than Pluto, temporarily named 2003 UB313.  The International Astronomical Union will make a determination whether UB313 will be called a planet, and they'll also give it a proper name from mythology.  \n\nAnd astronomers have found other planet-sized bodies circling distant stars. As of May 18th, 193 of these "extra-solar" (meaning away from our sun) planets have been discovered.  See the exoplanet link below for more info.\n\nSo, to sum things up, from the sun outward, your list is:\n\nMercury\nVenus\nEarth\nMars\nJupiter\nSaturn\nUranus\nNeptune\nPluto\nUB 313 (maybe)\n\nand 193 planets somewhere else in our Milky Way galaxy.
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You can go to http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/SolarSystem/ , and get the data by clicking on the names of the planets one by one.
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Go to the following website to get the latest news on the Pluto - Kuiper Belt mission:\n\nhttp://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
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When I was in school, there was 9.  \n\nMercury\nVenus\nEarth\nMars\nJupiter\nSaturn\nUranus \nNeptune\nPluto\n\nNow, there has been another "planet" found.  I am not sure if they have classified it as a planet in our solar system just yet.
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New planet, discovered by the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2005,  is yet to be formally named.\n\n(This  newly-discovered object is more distant than the mysterious planetoid SEDNA discovered in 2003. Sedna is designated 2003 VB12.)\n\n Is at least as big as Pluto and about three times farther away from the Sun than Pluto. It is very cold and dark.It is currently about 97 times farther from the sun than Earth, or 97 Astronomical Units (AU). For comparison, Pluto is 40 AU from the sun. \n\nThis places the new planet more or less in the Kuiper Belt, a dark realm beyond Neptune where thousands of small icy bodies orbit the sun. The planet appears to be typical of Kuiper Belt objects--only much bigger. Its sheer size in relation to the nine known planets means that it can only be classified as a planet itself
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HOW MANY ARE KNOWN AT THE MOMENT?:\n\n8 in our solar system + 3 dwarf planets\n\n(Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune) (Dwarf Planets: 1 Ceres, 134340 Pluto, 136199 Eris)\n\nAND IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY?\n\nSince pulsar planets were discovered in 1992 and 51 Pegasi b was discovered in 1995 we now know a total of 209 orbiting other stars:\n\nDetected by radial velocity method: 169 planetary systems, 197 planets, 20 multiple planet systems. \n\nDetected by microlensing: 4 planets. \n\nDetected by direct imaging: 4 planets. \n\nPulsar planets: 2 planetary systems, 4 planets, 1 multiple planet system. \n\nSee the full list in the Encyclopaedia of Exoplanets (third link) published and maintained by the Paris Observatory. Appropriately as it was the work of Urbain LeVerrier at that observatory that led to the discovery of Neptune in 1846.\n\nWHAT OF THE FUTURE?\n\nImproved detection rates can be expected in the coming years. Principally from CoRoT and the Kepler Mission: which being space-based will avoid the problems the earth's atmosphere creates for ground-based telescopes,\n\nCOROT:\n\nOn 15th November 2006 the CoRoT spacecraft arrived at the Baikonour launch base,\n\nCOROT (COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits) is a space mission approved and led by the French Space Agency (CNES) in conjunction with the European Space Agency and other international partners. The primary objective of COROT will be to search for extrasolar planets, particularly those of large terrestrial size. It is scheduled for launch on December 22, 2006, and will be the first mission of its kind.\n\nCOROT consists of a 27 cm in diameter afocal telescope with an array of spectroscopic detectors. The satellite has a launch mass of 630 kg, is 4.10 metres long, 1.984 metres in diameter and powered by two solar panels. \n\nA Russian rocket will lift the satellite into a circular polar orbit with an altitude of 827 km. Over its planned 2½ years mission it will observe perpendicular to its orbital plane meaning there will be no Earth occultations, allowing 150 days of continuous observing. During the northern Summer it will observe in an area around Serpens Cauda and during the Winter it will observe in Monoceros. Between this observing periods for 30 days, COROT will observe 5 other patches of the sky.\n\nThe probe will monitor the brightness of stars, watching for the slight dimming that happens in regular intervals when planets transit their primary. COROT will be sensitive enough to detect rocky planets, though only those several times larger than Earth; it is also expected to discover new gas giants, which comprise almost all of the known extrasolar planets.\n\nCOROT will also undertake asteroseismology. It can detect luminosity variations associated with acoustic pulsations of stars. This phenomenon allows calculation of a star's precise mass, age and chemical composition and will aid in comparisons between the sun and other stars.\n\nIn each field of view there will be one main target star for the asteroseismology as well as up to nine other targets. Simultaneously, it will be recording the brightness of 12,000 stars brighter than apparent magnitude 15.5 for the extrasolar planet study. It is expected that a few dozen planets will be found.\n\nTHE KEPLER MISSION\n\nThe scientific objective of the Kepler Mission, due for launch in 2008, is to explore the structure and diversity of planetary systems. This is achieved by surveying a large sample of stars to achieve several goals:\n\nDetermine how many terrestrial and larger planets there are in or near the habitable zone of a wide variety of spectral types of stars \n\nDetermine the range of sizes and shapes of the orbits of these planets \n\nEstimate how many planets there are in multiple-star systems \n\nDetermine the range of orbit size, brightness, size, mass and density of short-period giant planets \n\nIdentify additional members of each discovered planetar
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You can visit the link http://www.nineplanets.org/neptune.html