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Have mirror planets been observed?

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Over the last few years, several close orbiting (0.05\sim 0.05 AU) large mass planets (MMJupiterM \sim M_{Jupiter}) of nearby stars have been discovered. Their existence has been inferred from tiny doppler shifts in the light from the star. We suggest that these planets may be made of mirror matter. We also suggest that some stars such as our sun may have a similar amount of mirror matter which has escaped detection.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9908276,
  title  = {Have mirror planets been observed?},
  author = {R. Foot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9908276},
  year   = {2008}
}

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