This image shows the star VB 10 moving across the sky over a period of nine years. Astronomers nabbed a planet circling this star using a method called astrometry -- the first successful application of the method to planet hunting.
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Title: How to Find a Tiny Wobble in a Zippy Star
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Palomar
Date Created: 2009-05-28
Rights: JPL
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