Milky Way: Planetary Systems
Planetary Systems includes topics such as Extrasolar and Solar planets, Planetary systems and Planetology. A planetary system consists of the various non-stellar objects orbiting a star such as planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and cosmic dust. The Sun and its planetary system, which includes Earth, is known as the Solar System.
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Detecting Extrasolar Planets
The first detection of extrasolar planets was announced in 1995 by two competing groups. One was headed by Geoff Marcy, then at San Francisco State University, the other by Michel Mayor at the Geneva...


