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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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To: BenLurkin
Did everybody beam up to the Enterprise in time?
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posted on
09/17/2013 7:55:50 AM PDT
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grania
To: grania
Hope Troy made it since she is soo hot!!!
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posted on
09/17/2013 11:54:27 AM PDT
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Baseballguy
(If we knew what we know now in Oct would we do anything different?)
To: BenLurkin
Planet Evaporates Due to Stellar FlareTraffic snarled for miles...
To: skinkinthegrass
Yea, I was just being a master of the obvious.
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09/17/2013 2:02:17 PM PDT
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SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: BenLurkin; KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
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09/17/2013 4:31:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: BenLurkin
We found that the transit depth negatively correlates with the modulation of the stellar flux,
I'll bet he got that line from Star Trek...
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09/17/2013 4:34:16 PM PDT
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rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: BenLurkin
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. That boy done got his self some fine schooling to come up with them words, stellar fluxing and all.
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09/17/2013 4:41:33 PM PDT
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The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
To: grania
Decker “I beamed them down to the third planet.”
Kirk “Matt, there IS no third planet.”
Decker “Don’t you think I know that?! There was.....But not any more!!”
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09/17/2013 4:47:15 PM PDT
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RandallFlagg
(IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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