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1. In 1992, astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail found the first exoplanets around what unusual object?
2. 51 Pegasi b is the first exoplanet discovered around a sun-like star. It has an orbital period of only 4 earth days and is thus known as the prototype of what kind of planet?
3. What is the name of the proposed European Space Agency probe to detect earth-like planets?
4. The 'circumstellar habitable zone' is the area around a star where liquid water, and therefore life might exist. By what curious name is it more commonly known?
5. Which of these techniques has NOT been used to detect exoplanets?
6. What was the name of the team that announced in October 1995 the discovery of the first exoplanet around a main-sequence star?
7. Launched in 2003, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility has directly imaged large 'Hot Jupiter' planets such as Osiris. This telescope is named after which famous theoretical physicist?
8. Advances in which telescope technology has revolutionized exoplanetary research?
9. A luminary in exoplanet planet research, which astronomer is credited with identifying up to 70 of the first 100 exoplanets discovered?
10. There is no available technique to detect an earth-sized exoplanet.
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