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Old March 26th, 2005, 08:46 PM
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Default Re: OT: Extrasolar planets discovered directly
You don't want to colonize near there...

The gas giants are orbiting so close that they are 1000's of degrees, and thus bright enough in the infrared to be seen by the telescope.
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