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Look Skywatcher! See 'Tatooine' with binoculars
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| September 16, 2011
| Mike Wall
Posted on 09/18/2011 8:39:21 PM PDT by Windflier
The alien planet with two suns, as in the "Star Wars" films, will be visible
Scientists have spotted a real-life Tatooine — a world with two suns, like Luke Skywalker's home planet in the "Star Wars" films — and you should be able to see this alien star system, too, using a good pair of binoculars.
Astronomers announced the discovery of the alien planet, called Kepler-16b, Thursday. The Saturn-mass planet orbits a pair of stars known as Kepler-16A and Kepler-16B. Someone on Kepler-16b would see two suns hanging near each other in the sky, just as Luke did on Tatooine.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; bebop; binarystars; circumbinary; kepler16a; kepler16b; nasa; science; stars; tatooine; xplanets
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posted on
09/18/2011 8:39:30 PM PDT
by
Windflier
To: Windflier
To: Windflier
"Someone on Kepler-16b would see two suns hanging near each other in the sky, just as Luke did on Tatooine." Provided of course that the surface temperatures on Kepler-16b didn't boil away the vitreous humor in the viewer's eyes first.
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posted on
09/18/2011 8:43:09 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Bigtigermike
“Look, this one has a bad motivator”!!
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posted on
09/18/2011 8:46:10 PM PDT
by
bobby.223
To: Bigtigermike
Do you speak Bachi? These are not the droids you're looking for.
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posted on
09/18/2011 8:48:28 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
“Mos Eisley spaceport, You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
To: Bigtigermike
“Well, you can just tell Jabba.............zzzzzzzottttt!!!!
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posted on
09/18/2011 8:56:23 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
If the name is being used officially by NASA, or in the press, look for a lawsuit from Lucasfilm. Copyrighted term. He’ll even try to make $$ from other planets.
Anyone ever wonder what being ON those other planets would think of our arrogance in naming them?
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posted on
09/18/2011 8:58:08 PM PDT
by
ClearBlueSky
(Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
To: Bigtigermike
OK, did Han shoot first or is BluRay some kind of new technology that can revise history?
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:00:03 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Liberals, Useful Idiots Voting for Useless Idiots...)
To: ClearBlueSky
Anyone ever wonder what being ON those other planets would think of our arrogance in naming them? Uh....the folks on Rigel VII call earth, "Mog".
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:00:38 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Bigtigermike
"Let the Wookie win R2"
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:00:56 PM PDT
by
montyspython
(This thread needs more cowbell)
To: ClearBlueSky
I’d like to see Lucas try.
I think he got the name from an area where they filmed those scenes.
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:01:48 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Look for the union label, then buy elsewhere.)
To: montyspython
If that creature is on the new planet, cool...as I’ll need a new rug for my new space home.
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:05:06 PM PDT
by
max americana
(FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
To: Kickass Conservative
Han indeed ‘shot first’ but Lucas had second thoughts in 1997 on how children would feel about Hans initial morally ambiguous character who later change into an hero - so he changed it! but later on regret that he changed the scene.
To: Windflier
Reading this article, I wonder how many people have been suckered into believing astronomers have actually observed Kepler 16-b through a telescope.
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:13:44 PM PDT
by
mtg
To: mtg
Reading this article, I wonder how many people have been suckered into believing astronomers have actually observed Kepler 16-b through a telescope. Wait......huh?
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:15:17 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: ClearBlueSky
What arrogance? Would the residents of another world assume we`re just going to magically know their name for the planet we can only see from afar? THAT would be arrogance.
To: Windflier
Scientists have spotted a real-life Tatooine — a world with two suns, like Luke Skywalker's home planet in the "Star Wars" films — and you should be able to see this alien star system, too, using a good pair of binoculars. Binoculars, hell. Just wait a week and look up.
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:31:49 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
To: Talisker
Just wait a week and look up. Comet Elenin? Folks still talking about that?
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:46:25 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Bigtigermike
Kinda funny considering the massacre of the Younglings in Episode III. Good thing those Light Sabers cauterize the wounds. Could have been a bit messy.
I guess Lucas has a short memory span. LOL
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posted on
09/18/2011 9:51:16 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Liberals, Useful Idiots Voting for Useless Idiots...)
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