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Press Release

Release No.: 2009-05For Release: Friday, January 16, 2009
Transit Search Finds Super-Neptune
HAT-P-11b
This artist's conception reveals the newly discovered Super-Neptune planet orbiting a star 120 light years away from Earth. Normally blue in color, its red hue is caused by the illumination from the nearby Red Dwarf star.
Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)
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