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Pursuing every astronomer's dream: discovering planets Stephen Potter Encarni Romero Colmenero

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Pursuing every astronomer's dream: discovering planets. Stephen Potter Encarni Romero Colmenero. White dwarf gravity is 350,000 times that of Earth's. Ten billion trillion trillion carats. Star of Africa: 546 carats, from 3100 carat. 10,000 million * Earth 1 million * fridge magnet. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Pursuing every astronomer's dream: discovering planets

Stephen PotterEncarni Romero Colmenero

White dwarf gravity is 350,000 times that of Earth's.

Ten billion trillion trillion carats

Star of Africa: 546 carats, from 3100 carat

10,000 million * Earth1 million * fridge magnet

Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

What did we find?

What did we find?

THE END!