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Other Scientists Disagree!

Other Scientists Disagree!

It has been known for just as long that the method of "extrapolating" this new planet,
by using a new algorithm and patched together data, has been contested by other authoritative scientists!
WHY is this missing from the article??
The one sidedness of the article makes it deceptive.

24.79.40.48 (talk)18:21, 25 October 2011

♦ Erroneous data analysis ♦

In December 2010, a methodological error has been revealed in the data analysis that lead to the "discovery" of Gliese 581 f and g.[13] The team around Steven Vogt inferred the number of exoplanets by using a reduced chi-square, although the orbital models are nonlinear in the model parameters. Therefore, reduced chi-square is not a trustworthy diagnostic. In fact, an investigation of the fit residuals showed that the data used by Vogt's team actually prefers a model with four planets, not six, in agreement with the results of Francesco Pepe's team.

[edit] Further analyses of HIRES/HARPS dataAnother re-analysis found no clear evidence for a fifth planetary signal in the combined HIRES/HARPS data set.[14] The claim was made that the HARPS data only provided some evidence for 5 planet signals, while incorporation of both data sets actually degraded the evidence for more than four planets (i.e., none for 581 f or 581 g).

"I have studied [the paper] in detail and do not agree with his conclusions,"[15] Steven Vogt said in reply, concerned that Gregory has considered the HIRES data as more uncertain.[16] The question of Gliese 581g's existence won't be settled definitively until researchers gather more high-precision radial velocity data, Vogt said.
♦(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_g#Erroneous_data_analysis )

24.79.40.48 (talk)18:30, 25 October 2011