h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The yellow dwarf star HD 10180 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11070991 it sounds like a record-breaker! ooooooooooh that'll keep me busy when I get back from Spain!

Yeah, but the (possible) earth-sized one is really a bit too close to the star, and has an insanely rapid orbit

"...predicted to be very close to its host star - just 2% of the Earth-Sun distance, so one year on this planet would last only 1.2 Earth days"

Well I wasn't planning on visiting just writing about the system

I suspect the record breaking thing will quickly pass. I liked the quote from the St. Andrews astronomer where he categorised it as 'one of the most informative' - seems about right. Course, we have no idea how common this sort of planetary population is. But it is very interesting. I'm particularly taken by the 5 neptune like planets within the orbit equivalent to mars. What they doing there one wonders?

Probably admiring the view

It's just been promoted on the BBC News channel, although the presenter said the 5 planets are rocky and look like Neptune

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"admiring the view"

Yes, I should imagine some pretty spectacular nighttime views in that system (with appropriate equipment of course).

Talking of such things:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/08/24/midnight-on-a-ringed-world/