"Jupiter-size body found; may be 'brown dwarf'" and "Kormondy said against shift of UH institute"
- Author:
-
Borg, Jim
- Title:
- "Jupiter-size body found; may be 'brown dwarf'" and "Kormondy said against shift of UH institute"
- Periodical:
- The Honolulu Advertiser, Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald
- Year:
- 1987
- Volume:
- V5
- Pages:
- 16
- Subject:
-
Exoplanets
Infrared Telescope Facility
Institute for Astronomy (IfA)
IRTF
Mauna Kea Observatories
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- Summary:
- A planet-size object has been discovered circling a nearby star by NASA's IRTF. Eric Becklin of IfA and Benjamin Zuckerman of UCLA made the discovery. UH Hilo Chancellor Edward Kormondy opposes moving IfA from Mānoa to Hilo.
- Date:
- November 11, 1987
- Collection:
- Akiyama