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Alien planet 11 times bigger than Jupiter found in bizarre, massive orbit
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| December 6, 2013
| Denise Chow
Posted on 12/06/2013 8:16:03 PM PST by NYer
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To: shankbear
“God made cool stuff.”
Indeed. And my guess is the best is yet to come.
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posted on
12/06/2013 9:00:03 PM PST
by
Paulie
To: NYer; mikrofon; martin_fierro; PJ-Comix
Alien planet 11 times bigger than Jupiter. . . . How much bigger is it than Uranus?
To: Refugee From NYC
The western world had a little trouble at first with the Arabic numeral zero.
The concept of infinity is problematic, yeah, but send me a bank routing number and I can explain it all.
Oh what the hey ... you know ‘big’ right? Well, when you get to the edge of big, you just keep on going. No charge.
I’m still trying to deal with the fact that it’s bigger than Jupiter.
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posted on
12/06/2013 9:13:44 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: NYer
This throws out all the current theories about how solar systems formed billions of years ago.
The more knowledge we gain of the universe through new technology the more we realize there are some things we really don’t have figured out.
To: Ghost of SVR4
“Why didnt this thing ignite into a star?”
It did, we are just looking at a red dwarf inside a Dyson sphere.
Freegards
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posted on
12/06/2013 9:18:48 PM PST
by
Ransomed
To: Charles Henrickson
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posted on
12/06/2013 9:30:25 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: Ghost of SVR4
Why didnt this thing ignite into a star? According to http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/KellyMaurelus.shtml, the mass needed to ignite as a star is around 0.05 - 0.10 solar masses. Jupiter is about 0.001 solar masses, so even that huge planet would only be 0.011 solar masses.
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posted on
12/06/2013 9:45:41 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
To: shankbear
God
made makes cool stuff.
Sorry had to do it !
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posted on
12/06/2013 9:58:05 PM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(I'm not afraid to say what i mean nor should you be afraid of what you know to be true !)
To: Charles Henrickson
“How much bigger is it than Uranus?”
Off hand I’d say it depends on your hemmeriodous
To: Rebelbase
I bet gravity sucks big time on that planet.
Not a great place to visit if you are trying to lose weight.
To: Ghost of SVR4
Exactly, I had heard that if Jupiter was 10 times bigger, it would turn into a star. And this one goes to 11, which is one louder....
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posted on
12/07/2013 3:36:52 AM PST
by
Explorer89
(And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
To: Rebelbase
I wonder how Hillary Clinton would weigh on this newly found planet - if would ever issue her a visa.
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posted on
12/07/2013 3:46:14 AM PST
by
monocle
To: Ghost of SVR4
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posted on
12/07/2013 4:19:47 AM PST
by
Hieronymus
( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton))
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I was going to ad, “and He still does” . . . .
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posted on
12/07/2013 4:29:35 AM PST
by
shankbear
(The tree of Liberty appears to be perishing because there are few patriots willing to refresh it.)
To: bytesmith
“trying to lose weight.”
A 4-ounce serving would be very small.
If you could lift your fork.
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posted on
12/07/2013 6:37:49 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: Ghost of SVR4
It’s not massive enough to ignite. 65 Jupiter masses is the threshold. This is barely enough to be a brown dwarf. It’s even below the 13 Jupiter mass threshold to burn deuterium.
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posted on
12/07/2013 7:03:15 AM PST
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: Ghost of SVR4
Someone wisely posted “No Smoking” signs.
Sooner or later, though, someone will try to fry a turkey and that will be all she wrote.
To: Charles Henrickson; NYer; martin_fierro; PJ-Comix
Alien planet 11 times bigger than Jupiter found in bizarre, massive orbit Not only THAT-
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posted on
12/07/2013 8:34:33 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(BizarrOrbit)
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