And now for something completely different: - GD 66b, the first extrasolar planet around a white dwarf (m = 2.11 MJ, a = 2.356 AU, p = 1650 d, e = 0).
The discovery was based on the timing of stellar oscillations. Yet another method based on the Doppler effect.
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