Geoff Marcy In February of 2000 we took our telescope and spectrograph to Arizona with the goal of detecting the known extrasolar
planet around the star tau Boo.
We have already demonstrated a level of capability by detecting the known
planet around the star Tau Bootis.
«Awesome detection of
the planet around the star Tau Boo!
Not exact matches
«Astronomers find giant
planet around very young
star: Jupiter - like «CI
Tau b» orbits 2 million - year - old
star in constellation Taurus.»
For instance, the IAU states that it is not allowed to propose the same name for a host
star and a
planet around it, yet one entry for the planetary system of
Tau Boötis suggests calling both the
star and its
planet «Alfraganus.»
You said, it was not assumed that
planets are being formed
around such a young
star as HL
Tau.
Hasegawa: This image shows a
planet forming disk
around a young
star called HL
Tau, clearly revealing narrow concentric rings separated by gaps.
«
Tau Ceti has been a popular destination for science fiction writers and everyone's imagination as somewhere there could possibly be life, but even though life
around Tau Ceti may be unlikely, it should not be seen as a letdown, but should invigorate our minds to consider what exotic
planets likely orbit the
star, and the new and unusual
planets that may exist in this vast universe,» says Pagano.