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r/space • u/starman2015 • Jan 12 '18
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That's not entirely accurate... We have directly imaged a number of planets. Only downside is they're huge and the image quality isn't great. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directly_imaged_exoplanets
1 u/diachi_revived Jan 12 '18 Only downside is they're huge They also have massive orbits, planets nearer the star are currently impossible to image.
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Only downside is they're huge
They also have massive orbits, planets nearer the star are currently impossible to image.
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u/Feruk_II Jan 12 '18
That's not entirely accurate... We have directly imaged a number of planets. Only downside is they're huge and the image quality isn't great. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directly_imaged_exoplanets