Astronomers - Comprehension Worksheet
Astronomers Discover Fifth Planet Orbiting a Distant Star
Astronomers on Tuesday announced the discovery of another planet orbiting a distant star, making it the most crowded planetary system outside our own. More than 260 planets have been identified outside our solar system. The most recently discovered exoplanet, as they're called, orbits a star in the constellation Cancer.
According to Geoff Marcy of the University of California, one of the authors of a new paper announcing the discovery, astronomers already knew the star had four planets.
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Delhi, located on the banks of the River Yamuna, has been known to be continuously inhabited since at least the 6th century. Delhi is also widely believed to have been the site of Indraprastha, the legendary capital of the Pandavas during the times of the Mahabharata. Delhi re-emerged as a major political, cultural and commercial city along the trade routes between northwest India and the Gangetic plain after the rise of the Delhi sultanates. It is the site of many ancient and medieval monuments, archaeological sites and remains. In 1639, Mughal emperor Shahjahan built a new walled city in Delhi which served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1649 to 1857.
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