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One of three stars in the Messier 67 star cluster found to have a planet. The first planet (6.9 days, 0.34 min mass) found around a sun-like star (almost identical to the Sun) that belongs to a stellar cluster. The cluster is one of the oldest known (3.2 to 5 BYO), contains 500 stars, discovered in 1780, and 2,500 ly away.
YBP1194 System Web Pages[]
YBP1194 System In the News[]
Planets in Messier 67 cluster found (Jan 2013)[]
- See YBP1194 System, YBP1514 System, S364 System
- http://www.americaspace.com/?p=50244
- http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-new-exoplanets-star-cluster-messier67-01688.html