A new Tatooine-like multi-planetary system identified (IMAGE)

University of Birmingham

A new Tatooine-like multi-planetary system identified

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Illustration celebrating the discovery of the circumbinary planet BEBOP-1c using the radial-velocity method. Astronomers rarely put their eye to the telescope, but instead the data comes directly to their computers and laptops where it is analysed and interpreted. BEBOP-1c was detected using the ESPRESSO instrument at the Very Large Telescope in Chile, and by HARPS, at the 3.6m telescope also in Chile. Both are operated by ESO, the European Southern Observatory.

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Amanda Smith / University of Birmingham

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