What can exoplanets tell us about our Solar System?
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We update our analysis of recent exoplanet data that gives us a partial answer to the question: How does our Solar System compare to the other planetary systems in the Universe? Exoplanets detected between January and August 2002 strengthen the conclusion that Jupiter is a typical massive planet rather than an outlier. The trends in detected exoplanets do not rule out the hypothesis that our Solar System is typical. They support it.
4 pages, 2 figures, Conference proceedings: "Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets" held at the Carnegie Instituition, Washington DC June 18-21 2002. ASP Conf. Ser
4 pages, 2 figures, Conference proceedings: "Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets" held at the Carnegie Instituition, Washington DC June 18-21 2002. ASP Conf. Ser