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	PSR B1620-26c - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The planet, which has a mass of 2.5 times that of Jupiter, is in an orbit similar to that of Uranus around the Sun, but slightly larger; PSR B1620-26c orbits at a distance of 23 AU (3.4 Tm).
		Like nearly all extrasolar planets discovered to date, PSR B1620-26c was originally detected through the Doppler shifts its orbit induces on signals from the star it orbits (in this case, changes in the apparent pulsation period of the pulsar).
		Within a few years, the gravitational effects of the planet on the orbit of the pulsar and white dwarf had been measured, giving an estimate of the mass of the third object that was too small for it to be a star.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Methuselah_(planet) (1031 words)

	Methuselah (planet) Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Methuselah has a mass twice that of Jupiter, and is estimated to be about 12.7 billion years old, believed to be by far the oldest planet yet discovered.
		As planets form at the same time as the stars they orbit, the age of Methuselah is close to the age of the host cluster M4 (12.7 billion years).
		Methuselah was formed in orbit around the star that has now evolved to a white dwarf, as it is unlikely that a planet would have survived the supernova explosion that created the pulsar.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/m/me/methuselah__planet_.html (403 words)

	EXTRASOLAR PLANET FACTS AND INFORMATION
		They are believed to be formed from the unusual remnants of the supernova that produced the pulsar, in a second round of planet formation, or the rocky cores that remain of gas_giants that survived the supernova, and spiralled in to their current orbits.
		Extrasolar planets around solar-type stars began to be discovered in large numbers during the late 1990s as a result of improved telescope technology, such as CCD and computer-based).
		The frequency of extrasolar planets is one of the parameters in the Drake_equation, which attempts to estimate the probability of communications with extraterrestrial_intelligence.
	www.palfacts.com /extrasolar_planet (3162 words)

	Extrasolar planet -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Extrasolar planets can also be detected by measuring the variation in a star's apparent luminosity as a planet passes in front of it (see (One celestial body obscures another) eclipse).
		Most of these extrasolar planets found are of relatively high mass (at least 40 times that of the (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth).
		Both planets are believed to be several times the mass of (Click link for more info and facts about Jupiter (planet)) Jupiter (planet) and orbit at distances greater than 50 AU from their primary star.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/extrasolar_planet.htm (3068 words)

	Science Fair Projects - PSR B1620-26c
		PSR B1620-26c is a planet orbiting the pulsar PSR B1620-26 in the globular cluster Messier 4, about 12,400 light years (117 Em) from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.
		The planet, which has a mass of 2.5 Jupiters, is in a much wider orbit, similar to that of Uranus around the Sun, only larger; PSR B1620-26c orbits at a distance of 23 AU (3.4 Tm).
		It is more likely that Methuselah formed in orbit around the star that has now evolved into the white dwarf, and that the star and planet were only later captured into orbit around the neutron star.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Methuselah_%28planet%29 (1055 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Oldest known planet is found (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In new observations of a distant region of primitive stars, astronomers have found the oldest known planet, a huge gaseous object almost three times as old as Earth and nearly as old as the universe itself.
		The planet was found in the heart of a group of extremely ancient stars, known as a globular star cluster.
		Astronomers had assumed that such primitive stars could not have planets, and observations of other globular clusters seemed to support that view until the detection of the "Methuselah planet," in Boss' phrase.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,510039011,00.html (400 words)

	Articles - Extrasolar planet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Extrasolar planets around solar-type stars began to be discovered in large numbers during the late 1990s as a result of improved telescope technology, such as CCD and computer-based image processing.
		Extrasolar planets can also be detected by measuring the variation in a star's apparent luminosity as a planet passes in front of it (see eclipse).
		It is the second lightest extrasolar planet orbiting a main sequence star to be discovered to date, and could be the first terrestrial planet around a main sequence star found outside the solar system.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Extrasolar_planet (3269 words)

	Methuselah (planet) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Like nearly all extrasolar planets discovered to date, Methuselah was originally detected through the Doppler shifts its orbit induces on signals from the star it orbits.
		Within a few years, the gravitational effects of the planet on the orbit of the pulsar and white dwarf had been measured, and the discovery of the planet was announced.
		On July 10, 2003, the detection of the white dwarf and confirmation of its predicted properties were announced, using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/methuselah__planet_ (869 words)

	Methuselah (planet) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Like nearly all extrasolar planets discovered to date,Methuselah was originally detected through the Doppler shifts its orbitinduces on signals from the star it orbits.
		Within a few years, the gravitational effects of the planet on the orbit of the pulsarand white dwarf had been measured, and the discovery of the planet was announced.
		It is much more likely that Methuselah formed in orbit around the star that has now evolved into the white dwarf, and that thestar and planet were only later captured into orbit around the neutron star.
	www.therfcc.org /methuselah-planet--200871.html (771 words)

	SPACE.com -- Primeval Planet: Oldest Known World Conjures Prospect of Ancient Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Then the planet was booted from its stellar orbit and captured by the gravity of another star that was well into its death throes.
		The planet was first suspected in 1992, but some astronomers thought the data showed a third, distant orbiting star, rather than a close-in planet.
		But other planet hunters choose not to list them, partly because their formation and environment is so different, and partly because they are not considered habitable and so are not as important in the search for life.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/oldest_planet_030710-1.html (1753 words)

	Veggie Potluck
		Because this planet, scientists say, is 13 billion years old, and as such, the oldest planet yet discovered.
		All the hundred odd previously noted planets have been comparably dated to the age of the earth, 4.5 billion years old, and scientists have assumed that all planets emerged at the same time.
		But this discovery forces new theories on the birth of planets and gives rise to the possibility of previous life, due to the fact that other planets may have had much more of a head start on the evolution of life.
	potluck.blogspot.com /2003/07/planet-called-methuselah-astronomers.html (171 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - Ancient planet discovery challenges planet-formation ideas
		The discovery of a planet nearly three times older than any previously known, reported at a NASA briefing on Thursday, means that planets may be far more common than expected.
		The antique planet, dubbed "Methuselah" after a biblical patriarch who lived to the grand old age of 969, is located in a globular star cluster called M4.
		The new finding means not only that planets may be more abundant than expected throughout space, but that life may have started far earlier - and had more of a chance to spread - than had been thought possible.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn3932 (604 words)

	JS Online: Oldest-known planet found among primitive cluster of ancient stars
		It almost surely is a planet, astronomers said, but not one that is likely to be hospitable to life.
		The research team also reported that the distant planet probably has had a tempestuous life, surviving the shock-waves of stars aborning and dying explosively all around.
		The small star and its planet probably formed in the suburbs of the star cluster, then migrated toward the center and came too close to the ancient pulsar, which captured them.
	www.jsonline.com /alive/news/jul03/154213.asp?format=print (821 words)

	Larry Sermon - 2-3-2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine that popped up before the Pyramids and has now lived more than 46 centuries, offers some survival strategies that can help the church to grow in even the harshest of conditions.
		The conditions under which the Methuselah Tree has accomplished this extraordinary feat are surprising.
		The Methuselah Tree has a dense, highly resinous wood that is a formidable barrier to invasion by insects, bacteria and fungi -- and in similar manner the church is challenged to create barriers to crippling invaders.
	www.gbgm-umc.org /sunlakes/sermons/archive/6-26-2004.html (1425 words)

	Homiletics Online
		Still, the biblical Methuselah was a mere babe compared to the tree named after him, a bristlecone pine that is now more than 46 centuries old.
		The "Methuselah Tree," part of California's Inyo National Forest, was a seedling way back before the Egyptian Pyramids went up -- and it's still alive today.
		"Methuselah" took root when the Great Pyramids were going up in Egypt and has lasted through the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Machine Age and now into the Nuclear Age.
	www.homileticsonline.com /nonsubscriber/printer_friendly_installment.asp?installment_id=3110 (3170 words)

	This Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The gassy planet is twice the size of Jupiter, and is located 5,600 light-years away in the constellation Scorpio.
		Scientists deduced that the planet formed nearly 13 billion years ago, around the same time as the sun that became the white dwarf.
		Planet Pluto has been receding from the sun since 1989, and should be getting colder.
	www.calacademy.org /thisweek/archive/2003/20030716.html (1392 words)

	Trekkieguy's Sound WAVs - Requiem for Methuselah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Methuselah lived 969 years (Genesis 5:27), hence, any very old person is a "methuselah." Flint has lived 6000 years, but is now dying.
		A requiem is a mass, or solemn chant, in honor of the dead.
		He came to this planet to retire in peace and built the "Rayna" android as his companion.
	soundwavs.trekkieguy.com /74.html (355 words)

	Hubble makes good for NASA
		Astronomers used data the Hubble collected to determine that a planet 12.7 billion years old exists in what’s called a globular cluster — a big batch of stars, basically — 5,600 light-years from Earth.
		Scientists had thought the first generation of planets in the cosmos could not have formed until much later in the life of the universe because it would take that long to form some of the heavier elements necessary.
		In recent years, astronomers have found 108 planets outside our solar system, though this is the first one anywhere close to this old.
	www.showmenews.com /2003/Jul/20030722Comm007.asp (234 words)

	Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 2003
		Nicknamed Methuselah after the aged biblical patriarch, the planet is an astonishing 12.7 billion years old.
		Methuselah's age is causing astronomers to reevaluate the prevalent theory of planet formation, which argues that the early universe did not contain sufficient heavy elements (e.g., carbon, silicon, and oxygen) to allow for planets to form.
		But Methuselah defies this theory, having debuted when the primordial universe had only one-thirtieth of the heavy elements existing when our own solar system was born.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0908490.html (2170 words)

	W - Heinlein Concordance
		Rod was reluctant to leave the planet, but was persuaded by his sister to return home after all the other students had left.
		Martian Nests, Protector of the Poor, and, by the Grace of God, King of the Lowlands and Emperor of the Planets and the Spaces Between.
		The council of the Three Galaxies passed judgment on the aliens, and "rotated" their planet so that it was 90 degrees from the rest of the universe — leaving their sun behind.
	www.heinleinsociety.org /concordance/W_HC.htm (2506 words)

	FLINT: THE ETERNAL SHARD
		Methuselah was the longest living person in the Bible for a reason; this was to provide a living link between the Creation and the Deluge.
		It should be remembered that although Methuselah was the longest living person mentioned in the Bible, he did not live much longer than many other persons did in the antediluvian age.
		It was this similarity that at first caused the belief that the planet was a lost colony of Earth however more extensive archaeological surveys would undercover traces of civilization going back thousands of years.
	www.pjfarmer.com /secret/Immortal/flint.htm (12865 words)

	WiccanWeb.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Canadian and U.S astronomers have discovered a primeval planet that is almost as old as the universe itself.
		The 13-billion-year-old planet is more than twice as old as Earth and other known planets.
		It is so ancient, scientists have taken to calling it the "Methuselah" planet.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /print292.html (153 words)

	Susie's Blog
		On the news, I found out that a "Methuselah" planet, twice as old and 25 times farther away than any of the 110 planets, was found in our Milky Way galaxy.
		Astronomers believes that Methuselah is a cold and gigantic ball made of gas and really not likely to have biotic things on it now because of violent times in its past.
		Methuselah is 5,600 light years away (a light year is the distance light travels in a year).
	sasami369.pitas.com (1032 words)

	The New Atlantis - A Journal of Technology and Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		All the adults on the planet are dead, victims of a man-made virus that afflicts individuals at the onset of puberty.
		The planet is populated entirely by children, who are hundreds of years old, living a Lord of the Flies-type existence.
		In pursuing immortality for themselves, the residents of the planet made clear their hostility to the succession of the generations.
	www.thenewatlantis.com /archive/4/schaub.htm (2155 words)

	Franklin's Findings 2.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Scientists have discovered the oldest planet yet, a 13-billion-year-old gas giant that is two-and-a-half times the size of Jupiter and 5,600 light years away.
		The planet, dubbed Methuselah, is twice as old as any other known planet and is in a region of space that is only 1 billion years younger than the Big Bang.
		The upshot is that this improbable planet's existence means that planets in general, including those capable of supporting life as we know it, may be more common than previously thought.
	franklinharris.blogspot.com /2003_07_06_franklinharris_archive.html (1374 words)

	UFO News Blog - Current Sightings - Latest News
		Prospects for extraterrestrial life soared yesterday with the discovery of a "Methuselah" planet twice as old and 25 times farther away than any of the 110-plus planets so far found in our Milky Way galaxy.
		The discovery means that planets were formed billions of years earlier than generally believed and under bizarre conditions previously dismissed as improbable, even impossible.
		The extrasolar planet, two-and-a-half times the size of Jupiter, is in a super-dense cluster of stars called M4 located in the distant constellation Scorpius.
	www.cosmicparadigm.com /ufonews/2003/07/ancient-and-most-distant-planet.html (380 words)

	The SPECTRUM: The Sun-Earth Connection Page 4
		The planets and the comets and the moons of the Solar System all are discharging this battery or capacitor that's built-up around the Sun.
		Just to review what the Methuselah planet is, apparently about 8 years ago they said they first discovered this planet, if in fact, that's what it is. They discovered it around a pair of stars that they believe one to be a white dwarf, one to be a pulsar.
		The other assumption is that planet, if it is a planet, formed when the stars formed, according to their theory that solar systems form all at one time.
	www.thespectrumnews.com /html/mccanney-4.html (3293 words)

	Talk:Binary star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		PSR B1620-26 star system is a binary that has atleast one planet.
		You may have heard of the planet, Methuselah (planet).
		Although occasionally the individual stars that compose a binary star can be distinguished, they generally appear as one star.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Binary_star (256 words)

	Mike Kremer - Oldest Known Planet Identified (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The ancient planet has had a remarkable history, because it has wound up in an unlikely, rough neighborhood.
		The planet is 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter.
		Its very existence provides tantalizing evidence the first planets were formed rapidly, within a billion years of the Big Bang, leading astronomers to conclude planets may be very abundant in our Galaxy.
	www.scienceagogo.com /message_board5/messages/396.shtml (152 words)

	The Albany Herald - Editorial Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Meet the Methuselah planet, the most ancient planet known to astronomers, just recently detected.
		The chief thing, say excited astronomers, is that it now looks like planets were formed billions of years earlier than anyone ever thought likely.
		If there was intelligent life in that distant spot where Methuselah was discovered, it's gone by now, one astronomer is quoted as saying.
	www.albanyherald.com /editorialsarchive/0703/edit072903.html (492 words)

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