# New Solar System Looks Like Ours

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 22, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574 "2004-06-22T04:35:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/1 "2004-06-22T04:35:38Z")

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[Well, pretty close, anyway.](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993906)

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> Astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-sized planet in a large circular orbit around its parent star, the most similar system to our own Solar System yet seen.

Only a mere 90 lightyears away too.

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**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/2 "2004-06-22T04:45:09Z")

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Cool, I personally can’t wait until the new planet finder scopes go into orbit so that we can find out if it really is like the solar system.

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/3 "2004-06-22T07:32:00Z")

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Very cool. It’s discoveries like this that make me grateful that I live in this day and age.

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/4 "2004-06-22T08:20:12Z")

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Neat! I wonder when they are going to add it to the [catalog](http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/catalog.html).

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/5 "2004-06-22T17:07:10Z")

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…and this was the day we find out our universe is actually only 45 light years across… 😃

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/6 "2004-06-22T18:06:52Z")

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This is cool. I always love to hear about new space news. Thanks for sharing.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/7 "2004-06-22T19:15:12Z")

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They’re probably checking out our Model As in their telescope right now.

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-solar-system-looks-like-ours/251574/8 "2004-06-22T20:01:35Z")

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> I wonder when they are going to add it to the [catalog](http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/catalog.html).

My mistake… it’s already [there](http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/HD70642.html). :smack: