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Don Savage
Headquarters, Washington                     July 8, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1547)

RELEASE: N03-64 

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE FINDS EXTRA-SOLAR PLANET

     NASA's Hubble Space Telescope found an intriguing extra-
solar planet in an unlikely place.

The discovery is the topic of the next Space Science Update 
(SSU) on Thursday, July 10 at 2 p.m. EDT in NASA's James Webb 
Auditorium, 300 E Street S.W., Washington.

Panelists include:

Dr. Harvey Richer, professor of astronomy and physics, 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Steinn Sigurdsson, assistant professor of astronomy, 
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
Dr. Alan Boss, staff member, Carnegie Institution, 
Washington.
Dr. Anne Kinney, director of astronomy and physics, NASA 
Headquarters, Washington.

The SSU will be carried live on NASA Television with two-way 
question-and-answer capability for reporters covering the 
event from participating agency centers.

NASA Television is broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-
band, located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 
3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural 
at 6.8 MHz. Audio of the broadcast will be available on voice 
circuit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., by calling 
321/867-1220/1240/1260.

For information about NASA and Space Science on the Internet, 
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/

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