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Planet Evaporates Due to Stellar Flare
universetoday.com ^
| September 17, 2013
| Shannon Hall on
Posted on 09/17/2013 6:37:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Recently a team from the University of Tokyo analyzed the system in more detail, attempting to explain why this tiny planet is evaporating. “We found that the transit depth negatively correlates with the modulation of the stellar flux,” Dr. Kawahara, lead author on the study, told Universe Today.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: xplanets
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:37:30 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
burnt to a crisp...
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:38:26 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:39:58 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
Global warming. SUVs and GW Bush to blame!
To: BenLurkin
somehow, some way, that has to be george bush’s fault.
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:40:09 AM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: BenLurkin
“We found that the transit depth negatively correlates with the modulation of the stellar flux,” This also explains why inner city bus lines are never profitable.
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:41:14 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: BenLurkin
“We found that the transit depth negatively correlates with the modulation of the stellar flux,”
Does anyone know where we can get a DeLorean?
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:41:36 AM PDT
by
faucetman
( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: BenLurkin
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.”
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:42:06 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: All
photo from Article...
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:42:43 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: JohnBrowdie
somehow, some way, that has to be George Bush’s fault."as the sun rises"....That's so true...
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:46:22 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: BenLurkin
“the transit depth negatively correlates with the modulation of the stellar flux”
Hate it when that happens.
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:47:01 AM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:47:38 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(No wars for Arab pipelines!)
To: McGruff
So far so goo h re. No hing goi wr n Are ou sf dsacc
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:48:41 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I doubt they know why this planet is evaporating as half of them are the same brilliant a-holes that claim this one has too much CO2.
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:51:41 AM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: BenLurkin
Is it too late to deny involvement?
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:54:16 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: WayneS
that’s a helluva statement, isn’t it
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posted on
09/17/2013 6:55:22 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
To: NonValueAdded
that’s a helluva statement, isn’t itAyup. "Done burnt it up!" woulda worked better.
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posted on
09/17/2013 7:00:42 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: BenLurkin
Geez! The headline didn't tell which planet. I panicked for a moment!
To: skinkinthegrass
Unless telescopes have improved by a factor of 10,000 that is not a photo from the article, but rather an artists rendering from the article.
Just sayin...
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posted on
09/17/2013 7:45:23 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: SampleMan
Just sayin...Dang! ..*insert face-palm photo here*...
Thanks, for the clarification. :-)
I thought it was "uncommonly clear"...but..but..
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posted on
09/17/2013 7:54:51 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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