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From: petersen@ucbvax.ARPA (David A. Petersen)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: StarDate: March 9 Planets for Distant Stars
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Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 20:55:16 EST
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Reply-To: petersen@ucbvax.UUCP (Paul Bradley)
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I hear a lot about how great the space telescope is going to be.
I want to know if it is going to be able to see planets of other stars.
If so, how big and how far away? Mostly I am interested in stars within
20-30 light-years of sol.  What kind of detail would be resolvable?
Can spectroscopy be done to determine the atmosphere and composition?