But it is certainly not the number of discovered planets in this year. That number is much higher. The number of published planets will also have a jump before the end of the year. There will be a COROT press event sometime in this month or so where some of the detected planets (around 10) will be published.

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Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
-- Richard Feynman