From: mperrin+news@cymric.berkeley.edu   
      
   Philip  wrote:   
   >   
   > > NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA TELECONFERENCE FOR SPITZER DISCOVERY   
   > >   
   > >      Astronomers will announce a significant discovery from NASA's Spitzer   
   > > Space Telescope at a listen-and-logon news briefing Wednesday, April 20, at   
   > > 1 p.m. EDT. The new finding involves a star about the size and age of our   
   > > sun, with another intriguing similarity.   
   > >   
   > > Reporters should call the Media Relations Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion   
   > > Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., at: 818/354-0344, for participation   
   > > information. Images and graphics supporting the briefing will be posted   
   > > online at the start of the briefing at:   
   > >   
   > > http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/050420telecon/   
   >   
   > Ok, any hunches what the "intriguing similarity" is:   
   >   
   > - earth size planet?   
      
   No way, not with Spitzer. Detectability of earth-sized planets is likely   
   several years away.   
      
   My guess is it's probably an extended dust disk roughly similar to the Kuiper   
   belt. That's the most likely candidate given Spitzer's sensitivities and   
   resolution.   
      
    - Marshall   
      
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