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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:47 AM
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The first extrasolar planets were announced in 1992: two planets in orbit around a pulsar. A third was found in this system in 1994.

The first extrasolar planet orbiting a main-sequence star was announced in 1995, and one more was announced in 1996, before Sagan died.

Still, it's sort of poetic, how Sagan's era of bold predictions about extraterrestrial life transitioned neatly into an era of actual data about extrasolar planets.
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