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Record-Breaking Photo Reveals a Planet-sized Object as Cool as the Earth
The Pennsylvania State University ^
| October 19, 2011
| Unknown
Posted on 10/19/2011 1:31:56 PM PDT by decimon
The photo of a nearby star and its orbiting companion -- whose temperature is like a hot summer day in Arizona -- will be presented by Penn State Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kevin Luhman during the Signposts of Planets conference at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on 20 October 2011. A paper describing the discovery will be published in the Astrophysical Journal.
"This planet-like companion is the coldest object ever directly photographed outside our solar system," said Luhman, who led the discovery team. "Its mass is about the same as many of the known extra-solar planets -- about six to nine times the mass of Jupiter -- but in other ways it is more like a star. Essentially, what we have found is a very small star with an atmospheric temperature about cool as the Earth's."
(Excerpt) Read more at science.psu.edu ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: kevinluhman; xplanets
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:31:58 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
Be there or be square ping.
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:32:46 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
pic-thread-without-the-pic bump.
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:33:33 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
To: decimon
Record-Breaking Photo Reveals a Planet-sized Object as Cool as the Earth "Record-Breaking Photo"?
You know why they call it "J-School"? Because the students can't spell "journalism."
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:35:12 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
To: decimon
How can it be as cool as earth if it doesn’t have girls, music and beer?
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:35:59 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Sarah Palin is at war with the left. Most Freepers are just playing the video game.)
To: decimon
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:38:24 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: decimon
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:38:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
To: decimon
Record-Breaking Photo Reveals a Planet-sized Object as Cool as the Earth
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:38:51 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: decimon
Arizona? Kinda rural, some folks might think that's cool, I guess. You outta see what they've done to Passyunk Avenue though, or Connie's Ric-Rac Room, now THAT'S COOL!
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:39:08 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: RichInOC
How can it be as cool as earth if it doesn’t have girls, music and beer?You came by on the wrong night.
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:40:04 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Visit Terra Firma -- Coolest Planet in the Solis Proximae Stellarum system...
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posted on
10/19/2011 1:52:43 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Thousands of Aliens can't be wrong.)
To: decimon
Is it as cool as the other side of the pillow, much like Tom Brady?
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posted on
10/19/2011 2:33:53 PM PDT
by
FDNYRHEROES
(It's 3 AM. Let me sleep on it. I'll get back to you in 16 hours.)
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posted on
10/19/2011 3:07:47 PM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
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To: RichInOC
How can it be as cool as earth if it doesn’t have girls, music and beer?
Here's the girls!
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10/21/2011 4:32:59 PM PDT
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Thanks decimon.
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10/21/2011 4:34:43 PM PDT
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To: decimon
We can call it, “Planet Fonzie.”
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posted on
10/21/2011 4:36:30 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: skeeter
"And what's Fonzie like?"
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posted on
10/21/2011 4:38:20 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: decimon
Can’t wait to see his paper.
Wonder if anyone will be able to confirm his findings.
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