File talk:Extrasolar Planets 2004-08-31.png

Anyone can add updated version of this graph? 2004 is quite old...

I'll be on the lookout, but so far nothing free to use.--Planetary 04:38, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.matessa.org/~mike/images/exoplanets.colour.gif

Thanks. It's a gif file, however. Also, what's the copyright status of this image? Some things still need to be done before replacement. (No time for me to do it now)--Planetary 02:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some further explanation needed

It might me a good idea to add some further explanation of some aspects of this figure where appropriate:

The larger circles with letters indicate Solar System planets (by the first letter of their names); Mercury is cut off.
The lines labeled with "Radial Velocity" indicate the radial velocity for companions solar mass stars.
Only the initial (leftmost) portions of the "Radial Velocity" lines correspond to a constant radial velocity (after that I'm not sure what they represent).
The "Period" scale is for companions of solar mass stars.