University of Texas: New Tricks From Old Data - Texas Astronomer Uses 25-Year-Old Hubble Data to Confirm Planet Proxima Centauri C
June 03, 2020
June 03, 2020
FORT DAVIS, Texas, June 3 -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release:
Fritz Benedict has used data he took over two decades ago with Hubble Space Telescope to confirm the existence of another planet around the Sun's nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, and to pin down the planet's orbit and mass. Benedict, an emeritus Senior Research Scientist with McDonald Observatory at The University of Texas at Austin, will present his findings i . . .
Fritz Benedict has used data he took over two decades ago with Hubble Space Telescope to confirm the existence of another planet around the Sun's nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, and to pin down the planet's orbit and mass. Benedict, an emeritus Senior Research Scientist with McDonald Observatory at The University of Texas at Austin, will present his findings i . . .