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Astronomers find star with three super-Earths
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| July 30, 2015
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Posted on 07/31/2015 10:02:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
XO-Planet Ping!......................
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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.............)
To: Red Badger
Hmmmm....just 21 light years away. If they start out, now....
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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")
To: Red Badger
800 degrees Fahrenheit. Great place to work on your tan by the ocean. Oops. No oceans exist at 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:06:04 AM PDT
by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Now THAT is Glowbull Warming!...........................
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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.............)
To: Red Badger
What happened? Did they spill orange kool-aid on it?
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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.....)
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!!!!
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:17:05 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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.
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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)
To: Red Badger
M-shaped? I always saw it as W-shaped.
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:27:09 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: BitWielder1
Telescopes invert the images...................
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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.............)
To: Red Badger
So how can they know so little about Pluto, but seemingly know so much about planets 21 light years away?
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:29:55 AM PDT
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: Red Badger
A planet made of diamond could happen, but the process to create that would be pretty extreme
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:30:05 AM PDT
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GeronL
To: mountn man
We have a Hooter’s here...............8^)
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:30:14 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
Super-Earths have a mass higher than Earth's but are lighter than gas giants like Neptune, Saturn or JupiterSo, nothing like Earth.... they need a new name
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:30:55 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Flag_This
Pluto never transits the Sun from our viewpoint.....................
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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.............)
To: GeronL
Gravitationally Challenged Earths?.....................
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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.............)
To: All
Stunning images for sure....
To: Flag_This
For one thing, Pluto doesn’t come between the Sun and us very often. So transits are out.
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:35:16 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Voting is acting white.)
To: Red Badger
How much do i have to offer a UFO to drop me off on the nearest habitable planet other than earth?
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posted on
07/31/2015 10:36:08 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Red Badger
At 700 deg, the planet is closer to Venus than Earth.
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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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