European Scientists Have Discovered a New Planetary System

I just published a new article at BlogCritics about a new solar system, similar to our own, that European scientists have discovered. Some of the material is technical, but not overly so.

Here is an excerpt:

"Scientists say we have entered an exciting new era in exoplanet research; that is, the study of planetary systems, as opposed to the study of only individual planets. Gravitational interrelations studied provide insight into long term evolution of planetary systems. Working out of the European Southern Observatory in La Silla, Chile, these astronomers utilized a 3.6 meter telescope with a High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher spectrograph attached. They surmised the locations and masses of the planets by studying, over a period of six years, and including 190 measurements, the "wobble" of the star. The planets discovered have been said to be the richest system of exoplanets ever found."
Published by me, John Lake, at:
http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/european-scientists-have-discovered-a-new/#ixzz0y6FBqlD0