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Old 01-11-2005, 08:07 PM   #14 (permalink)
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A better picture may take a while. Keep in mind the distance of this planet from the earth, the distance of this planet from it's star, and the fact that it's star doesn't release much light of any kind (other than infrared for the most part). It is rather huge, though. Also as I recall correctly there have been around 100 or so planets detected outside of our soloar system. I forget what method was used to discover them, but they've been found if not photographed.

ALSO as a side note, for those interested - The Huygens probe (from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft that was sent to Saturn) will be landing on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14 of this year. (a couple days away). For those who don't know, Titan is the only moon in our solar system that has an atmosphere. And not only does it have an atmosphere, but this atmosphere is thicker than Earth's.

For those interested to find out more you can do it here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ca...ain/index.html
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