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Nature 421, 488-489 (30 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421488a
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Astronomy: Distant planet is the hottest yet
Timothy M. Brown
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The first planet beyond our Solar System to be detected by means of the transit method has now been found to orbit its star almost twenty times closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
In recent years, more than 100 planet-like bodies have been detected orbiting distant stars. Until now, all of these 'extrasolar' planets have been located through their gravitational effect on their parent star.
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