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Sharjah: The Sharjah Astronomical Observatory (SAO) at Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST) in the University of Sharjah has monitored and analysed the exoplanet HAT-P-9b this month as part of its periodic observations of various exoplanets.
Planetary objects orbiting other stars beyond our solar system are called ‘exoplanets’ and they come in a variety of sizes from gas giants that are larger than Jupiter to smaller and rocky planets like the Earth or Mars. The first exoplanets were discovered in the 1990s and since then thousands have been identified using various detection methods. Sharjah Astronomical Observatory