Exoplanet Maps: Northern and Southern Hemisphere Locations

[Bobbywhy]

Exoplanet discoveries continue to be made using various sensitive techniques. Since there is no evidence to the contrary none of them are thought to harbor life forms. Here is a new set of maps showing where the exoplanets are located in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/a...cket-interactive&WT.mc_id=SA_printmag_2012-12

Cheers,
Bobbywhy

 

[Drakkith]

Sweet! Thanks for the link!

 

[Astronuc]

To add complication to mapping exoplanets,

Double-Star Systems Can Be Dangerous for Exoplanets
http://news.yahoo.com/double-star-systems-dangerous-exoplanets-191252268.html

Exoplanets circling a star with a far-flung stellar companion — worlds that are part of "wide binary" systems — are susceptible to violent and dramatic orbital disruptions, including outright ejection, the study found.
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Two-star systems occur commonly throughout our galaxy; indeed, astronomers think the Milky Way harbors about as many binary systems as single stars. Recently, astronomers have begun discovering planets in binary systems, . . .