[Chaos-l] Our New Nearest Neighbor

[Mark Montazer]

HARPS just found a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri! They detected a radial
velocity of 51cm (yes, centimeters) per second. Don't book a flight just yet
though, it's got an orbital period of 3.2 days.

 

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1241/

 

What an amazing time we live in!

 

Mark

 

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