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Distant Planet Weighed ­sing Clues from Starlight


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Measuring mass of distant planets

Starlight has been used to determine the mass of distant planets.

Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech

Researchers have weighed a planet orbiting a distant star by measuring the starlight passing through its atmosphere.

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