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  • Bradford Student Assists With Discovery Of New Planet

    01/20/2014 1:14:49 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 4 replies
    Bradford Era ^ | Saturday, January 18, 2014 | Ruth Bogdan
    Sam Mellon, a graduate of Bradford Area High School and a junior physics major and music minor at Westminster College in New Wilmington, was involved in the finding of KELT-b6, a Saturn-like planet located outside our solar system, called an exoplanet. Mellon is the son of David and Martha Mellon of Bradford. Sam Mellon, along with two other Westminster students and one Westminster faculty advisor, are part of a larger group called KELT (Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope), which seeks to identify exoplanets. Research leading to the discovery of KELT-b6 was made with the help of the KELT-North survey telescope at...