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Revealed: The hottest planet ever found! KELT-9b is a hellish world 650 light years [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 5, 2017 | Shivali Best

Posted on 06/05/2017 10:02:18 AM PDT by C19fan

With scalding surface temperatures of a hellish 4,327°C, researchers have discovered the hottest planet ever found. The planet, named KELT-9b, is 650 light years away, and so close to its host star its orbit takes just a day and a half. Researchers hope their findings will shed light on how planetary systems form around hot, massive stars.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: kelt9b; planets; startrekvoyagers4e24; xplanets
A gas giant somehow orbiting very very close to a star. Will the atmosphere eventually just be blown away?
1 posted on 06/05/2017 10:02:18 AM PDT by C19fan
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Well clearly their leader, Zoltan the Magnificent, rejected the terms of the global climate agreement that was ratified a few hundred years ago. See whats going to happen? SEE?????


2 posted on 06/05/2017 10:03:56 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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I cant believe we found a planet nearly as full of hot gas as CNN.


3 posted on 06/05/2017 10:05:43 AM PDT by Bayard
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Blame the USA for AGW that killed that planet!


4 posted on 06/05/2017 10:09:49 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
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I would be very surprised if it had any atmosphere


5 posted on 06/05/2017 10:24:08 AM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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Riddick: "If I owned this place and Hell, I'd rent this place out and live in Hell."
6 posted on 06/05/2017 10:37:43 AM PDT by wbill
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So, they FINALLY found the physical time-space hell, after all, eh?


7 posted on 06/05/2017 11:32:41 AM PDT by Colofornian
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It’s interesting to think about how cold an environment we really live in. The estimated high end of heat is astounding, we live a million times closer to absolute zero than the predicted hottest temperature in the universe. Maybe that’s why no one comes to visit, too damn cold.


8 posted on 06/05/2017 11:39:17 AM PDT by enraged
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“...The planet, named KELT-9b, is 650 light years away....”

How far is that in dog years?


9 posted on 06/05/2017 1:02:33 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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Thank you. I needed that


10 posted on 06/05/2017 5:43:57 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Paal Gulli

A single light year is about six trillion miles. I don’t think dogs live long enough to go that far.


11 posted on 06/05/2017 6:53:58 PM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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To: bigdaddy45

Your history of our planet speaks only part of the truth my Earthling FRiend. Actually the trouble all began with the rejection of the climate treaty by Zoltan’s father King Bruno The Questionable.


12 posted on 06/05/2017 6:57:05 PM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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13 posted on 12/12/2017 1:55:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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