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Old 09-March-2006, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Launch window
Broadcast a space message to 47-UMa
http://www.cosmicconnexion.com/static/index.html
This exercise in Active SETI (ASETI) appears to be the "celebration"
part of the COROT sat mission to find extrasolar planets, including Earth-size or Telluric ones. 47 Ursae Majoris (UMa) is located about 45.9 light-years from Sol. In '96, astronomers announced the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet around this Sun-like star. 47-UrsaeMajoris was one of the top target stars for NASA's planned Terrestrial Planet Finder ( TPF )
I was wonderering when that star would get some love.
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