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Astronomers find star with three super-Earths
phys.org ^ | July 30, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 07/31/2015 10:02:33 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 07/31/2015 10:02:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

XO-Planet Ping!......................


2 posted on 07/31/2015 10:02:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger

Hmmmm....just 21 light years away. If they start out, now....


3 posted on 07/31/2015 10:04:30 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Red Badger

800 degrees Fahrenheit. Great place to work on your tan by the ocean. Oops. No oceans exist at 800 degrees Fahrenheit.


4 posted on 07/31/2015 10:06:04 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Now THAT is Glowbull Warming!...........................


5 posted on 07/31/2015 10:07:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger

What happened? Did they spill orange kool-aid on it?


6 posted on 07/31/2015 10:12:13 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Romans 1:18-32 ..............God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things.....)
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To: Red Badger

That’s pretty close to the star my wife bought me for my birthday a few years ago. So don’t any of you get the bright idea of dropping by. Stay off of my lawn!!!!


7 posted on 07/31/2015 10:17:05 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Red Badger
That means our SUVs affect temperatures 21 light years away.

Oh the hugh manatee.

Time to ban incandescent light bulbs here, before it gets any hooter there.

8 posted on 07/31/2015 10:18:06 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Red Badger
M-shaped? I always saw it as W-shaped.

9 posted on 07/31/2015 10:27:09 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: BitWielder1

Telescopes invert the images...................


10 posted on 07/31/2015 10:28:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger

So how can they know so little about Pluto, but seemingly know so much about planets 21 light years away?


11 posted on 07/31/2015 10:29:55 AM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: Red Badger

A planet made of diamond could happen, but the process to create that would be pretty extreme


12 posted on 07/31/2015 10:30:05 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: mountn man

We have a Hooter’s here...............8^)


13 posted on 07/31/2015 10:30:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger
Super-Earths have a mass higher than Earth's but are lighter than gas giants like Neptune, Saturn or Jupiter

So, nothing like Earth.... they need a new name

14 posted on 07/31/2015 10:30:55 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Flag_This

Pluto never transits the Sun from our viewpoint.....................


15 posted on 07/31/2015 10:31:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: GeronL

Gravitationally Challenged Earths?.....................


16 posted on 07/31/2015 10:31:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: All
Stunning images for sure....


17 posted on 07/31/2015 10:34:21 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Flag_This

For one thing, Pluto doesn’t come between the Sun and us very often. So transits are out.


18 posted on 07/31/2015 10:35:16 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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To: Red Badger

How much do i have to offer a UFO to drop me off on the nearest habitable planet other than earth?


19 posted on 07/31/2015 10:36:08 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Red Badger

At 700 deg, the planet is closer to Venus than Earth.


20 posted on 07/31/2015 10:36:47 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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