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Super-Earths May Circle Other Stars

NASA APOD · MicroFUN Collaboration, CfA, NSF
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Astronomers found unexpected evidence for "super-Earths" around other stars through a gravitational microlensing event. A planet orbiting a distant star magnified the light of an even more distant star. If the parent star is a red dwarf, the planet is estimated to be about 13 times the mass of Earth, orbiting at a distance similar to our asteroid belt.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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PISCES

In tropical astrology, 20 MAR 2006 falls under Pisces (♓). The sign's window runs from 02-19 through 03-20. Pisces holds the location of the spring equinox in the current astronomical era. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 20 MAR 2006.

THE ALMANAC FOR 20 MAR 2006
DAY
Monday
MOON
Last quarter, 68% lit
POSITION
Day 79 of 365
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
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