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- World traveler alert! Schnick, Jeffrey W. // Odyssey;Oct95, Vol. 4 Issue 7, p34
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- How to find a planet. Marschall, Laurence A. // Odyssey;Nov96, Vol. 5 Issue 8, p8
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- New planet follows a strange course. Cowen, Robert C. // Christian Science Monitor;10/24/95, Vol. 87 Issue 230, p14
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- New planet found. // Current Science;2/16/96, Vol. 81 Issue 12, p9
Reports on the discovery of a planet named 51 Pegasus. Location of the planet; Distance from Earth; Details of the discovery.
- It's a whole new world. Seife, Charles // New Scientist;06/06/98, Vol. 158 Issue 2137, p4
Announces that two teams have seen planets around other stars and questions whether their claims will stand up. The observation made by Susan Terebey of the Extrasolar Research Corporation and Al Schulz of the Space Telescope Science Institute; Mention of a snapshot of a planet rejected by its...
