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Planet spotted deep within our galaxy: One of the most distant planets known
ScienceDaily ^ | April 14, 2015 | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Posted on 04/19/2015 4:46:01 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away, making it one of the most distant planets known.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; exoplanet; nasa; science; spacetelescope; spitzer; spitzertelescope; telescope; xplanets

1 posted on 04/19/2015 4:46:01 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: sauropod

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2 posted on 04/19/2015 4:51:46 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: sauropod
BEYOND Uranus?

Colonus ?

3 posted on 04/19/2015 5:21:33 AM PDT by knarf
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To: knarf

Polyptus ?


4 posted on 04/19/2015 5:22:05 AM PDT by knarf
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To: WhiskeyX

Maybe they’re still unconfirmed but there are many that are further away. SWEEPS-4 is nearly 28,000 light years away.


5 posted on 04/19/2015 5:33:02 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: WhiskeyX
What? A planet in our galaxy!?
6 posted on 04/19/2015 6:20:09 AM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife
a remote Gas Planet...

next gas... Billions and Billions of miles




7 posted on 04/19/2015 6:30:54 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: WhiskeyX

Since liberals are for open borders, we can send them to this planet. I’m setting up a gofundme account to have liberals populate that planet.


8 posted on 04/19/2015 6:57:16 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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That works for me since they will be dead before they get there. No way for them to screw up the new planet.


9 posted on 04/19/2015 7:24:58 AM PDT by jimpick
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To: jimpick

Sorry, this planet is reserved for lawyers...from Harvard.


10 posted on 04/19/2015 7:35:03 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

13,000 light-years away.
How long would it take at warp 9 to get there?

Warp 9 is approximately 729c
Confusing warp http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Warp_factor


11 posted on 04/19/2015 12:37:45 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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When the light left that planet and headed this way, the Earth was still socked in with glaciers.
 
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12 posted on 04/19/2015 3:30:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: WhiskeyX
The spotted planet ...
http://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/1339111/preview/stock-footage-sun-and-planet-earth-with-clouds-as-dice.jpg

(Borg Casino ship? Pleasure-planet Raisa? Bizarro World ;?)

13 posted on 04/20/2015 4:09:56 PM PDT by mikrofon (A Chance Encounter)
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