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Computer models suggest planetary and extrasolar planet atmospheres

The world is abuzz with the discovery of an extrasolar, Earthlike planet around the star Gliese 581 that is relatively close to our Earth at 20 light years away in the constellation Libra.Bruce Fegley, Jr., Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has worked on computer models that can provide hints to what comprises the atmosphere of such planets and better-known celestial bodies in our own solar system.

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