'Possible' and 'probable' alien planets. (planets orbiting stars other than the sun) From: Science News | Date: June 27, 1987| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1987 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

'Possible' and Probable' alien planets

The possiblity of planets orbiting starsother than the sun interests a lot of astronomers -- if one may judge from the number of them who listened to a press conference on the evidence for low-mass companions to nearby starts at last week's meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the Canadian Astronomical Society in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bruce Campbell of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, British Columbia, and Gordon Walker and Stephenson Yang of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver reported ...

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