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Old 13-June-2008, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by BA
The lowest mass planet yet found...
*sigh*

The lowest-mass planet, PSR 1257+12 A, discovered in 1994 (that's 14 years ago!) has a mass of one seventh hundredth of this planet!

Why do people always overlook this pulsar? Its planets are not only the first confirmed, but also the most freakish by far.
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