According to Keele University, England, a 15-year-
old boy has spotted a new planet
The school pupil was on work experience at the
university when he made the discovery
An artist's impression of WASP-142b orbiting its
star.
Tom Wagg was an intern at Keele University's observatory when he discovered the planet.
(CNN)— Advice to interns: work hard and make your mark. And if you can discover a new planet
while you're at it, you could also be pushing the boundaries of our knowledge.
Believe it or not, a 15-year-old boy did just that, according to Keele University in England, UK.
While undertaking work experience at the university, Tom Wagg noticed a tiny dip in the light of a
star as a planet passed in front of it -- that planet had supposedly not been on anyone's radar
until then. The university said it has since taken two years to verify his findings.
"I'm hugely excited to have a found a new planet, and I'm very impressed that we can find them
so far away," Tom said, according to a statement from the university. He apparently spotted the
planet by scouring the data collected by Keele University's WASP (Wide Angle Search for
Planets) project, which scans millions of stars in night skies and searches for tiny dips, or
transits, caused by the passing of planets.
Nameless for the time being, the new planet has been labeled with the catalog number
WASP-142b, as it's the 142nd discovery by the WASP collaboration.
Invisible to the naked eye and 1,000 light years away, the planet is the same size as Jupiter, the
largest planet in the solar system, but orbits its star in only two days. Such frequent orbits make
such planets easier to find -- if you can describe the feat as easy.
After the discovery of the planet, astronomers at the University of Geneva and the University of
Liege confirmed that it had the required size and mass to be identified as a planet. And the
university is planning a competition to find a name.
A star student at a nearby school and a science enthusiast, Wagg had requested the work
experience after learning that Keele University had a research group studying extrasolar planets,
or exoplanets -- planets that exist around stars other than the sun.
According to NASA, the first exoplanet was spotted in 1995 and 5,000 have been discovered ever
since. The space agency says on its website that such findings provide hope in finding another
Earth.

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According to Keele University, England, a 15-year-
old boy has spotted a new planet
The school pupil was on work experience at the
university when he made the discovery
An artist's impression of WASP-142b orbiting its
star.
Tom Wagg was an intern at net.
(CNN)— Advice to interns: work hard and make your mark. And if you can discover a new planet
while you're at it, you could also be pushing the boundaries of our knowledge.
Believe it or not, a 15-year-old boy did just that, according to Keele University in England, UK.
While undertaking work experience at the university, Tom Wagg noticed a tiny dip in the light of a
star as a planet passed in front of it -- that planet had supposedly not been on anyone's radar
until then. The university said it has since taken two years to verify his findings.
"I'm hugely excited to have a found a new planet, and I'm very impressed that we can find them
so far away," Tom said, according to a statement from the university. He apparently spotted the
planet by scouring the data collected by Keele University's WASP (Wide Angle Search for
Planets) project, which scans millions of stars in night skies and searches for tiny dips, or
transits, caused by the passing of planets.
Nameless for the time being, the new planet has been labeled with the catalog number
WASP-142b, as it's the 142nd discovery by the WASP collaboration.
Invisible to the naked eye and 1,000 light years away, the planet is the same size as Jupiter, the
largest planet in the solar system, but orbits its star in only two days. Such frequent orbits make
such planets easier to find -- if you can describe the feat as easy.
After the discovery of the planet, astronomers at the University of Geneva and the University of
Liege confirmed that it had the required size and mass to be identified as a planet. And the
university is planning a competition to find a name.
A star student at a nearby school and a science enthusiast, Wagg had requested the work
experience after learning that Keele University had a research group studying extrasolar planets,
or exoplanets -- planets that exist around stars other than the sun.
According to NASA, the first exoplanet was spotted in 1995 and 5,000 have been discovered ever
since. The space agency says on its website that such findings provide hope in finding another
Earth.

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