Visualising distant worlds
As of September 2007 there have now been discovered over 250 extrasolar planets (or exoplanets), that is - planets outside our our solar system, either freely moving through space or orbiting another stella object. Despite an extensive and expanding catalogue of these worlds and data such as mass and distance from parent star, we still have yet to optically view these planets in anything but the most crudest resolution.
Visualizing these planets therefore comes down to the minimal scientific data gathered and a lot of imagination. I hope to use this to illustrate some of these new worlds discovered and the hypothetical ones that might just be out there.
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