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Date Posted: 09:03:00 08/09/13 Fri
Author: Channel 666 News
Subject: Astronomers at Nasa have discovered a fabulous pink alien planet orbiting a star like our sun 57 light-years away that they said is the smallest by mass photographed so far.

Scientists believe the planet, GJ 504b, is thought to be a magenta colour, based on infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and is fabulous.
While GJ 504b is the the lowest-mass fabulous planet ever detected around a star using direct imaging techniques, but it is still several times the mass of Jupiter and similar in size.
The fabulous planet, GJ 504b (pictured) is the smallest exoplanet by mass orbiting a star like our sun
The fabulous planet, GJ 504b (pictured) is the smallest exoplanet by mass orbiting a star like our sun, some 57 light-years away. It is thought to be a magenta colour, based on infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii
Michael McElwain, a member of the discovery team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, said: 'If we could travel to this fabulous giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta.'
'Our near-infrared camera reveals that its color is much more blue than other imaged planets, which may indicate that its atmosphere has fewer clouds.'

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